Information Literacy

Overview It is critical that you are able to ascertain whether nutrition claims that you read/hear in the popular press are backed up by high-quality, appropriate, peer-reviewed literature. In this assignment, you will be asked to use popular press to find a nutrition claim that interests you and then conduct a literature search to find 3 scholarly papers describing studies that have been done to assess the validity of the claim. This assignment is worth 100 points. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE €“ DO YOUR OWN WORK.
Part 1 €“ Find a health claim that is part of a feature article in a popular press magazine (examples would be Self, Men’s Health, Shape€¦etc.) Article must be minimum 2-pages (not a blurb in the margin!) Provide citation for popular press article.
Part 2 €“ Recap claim being made in the popular press article (should take about 3 sentences).
Part 3 €“ Locate three scholarly articles about the claim from 2000 or later through the WSU library €“ include citations and recaps. Identify the article as primary research or review.
Part 4 €“ Summarize the findings of each of the three articles individually. (Approximately a paragraph for each article).
Part 5 €“ Essay €“ Do the scholarly articles support the claims made in the popular press article? Fully? Conditionally? Not at all€¦.describe. (Combine the information from your articles. This should be approximately 3 paragraphs)