BIO 155 Nutrition (Honors)

Instructions to Students:

1. You may only use the following as your sources of research.
2. You are required to select a minimum of three of the sources provided below for your research.

Please read three of the websites below:

• Dietary Supplements Fact Sheets NIH
• World Health Organization Nutrition
• Hunger Map of the World
• Let the Hunger Map page load completely, then click on the dot for that country for details. See drop-down menus for more data about each country.
• Specialized Nutritious Food
• WFP Specialized Nutritious Food Fact Sheet
• World Food Basket
• Global Nutrient Requirements WHO
• Agriculture Food Beverage World Economic Forum
• Oxfam
• IRC International Rescue Committee
• Global Pediatric Iron Deficiency NIH
• Global Pediatric Vitamin A Deficiency UNICEF
• Global Nutrition in Women UNICEF
• Global Iodine Deficiency UNICEF
• Global Calcium and Zinc Deficiency Nature
• Magnesium Deficiency and Public Health NIH
• Climate Change and Magnesium Deficiency NIH
• Food based Dietary Guidelines Around the World
• International Nutrition USDA
• Dietary Management of Obesity NIH
• Obesity Prevention Source Harvard
• Healthier Meals and Snacks CDC
• Obesity and Overweight WHO
• World Obesity Federation
• Obesity Professional Merck Manual
• Healthy People 2030 US Dept of Health & Human Services
• Obesity American Society for Nutrition

Stop 

First, when you first hit a page or post and start to read it - STOP. Ask yourself whether you know the website or source of the information, and what the reputation of both the claim and the website is.

Investigate the source

Taking sixty seconds to figure out where it is from before reading will help you decide if it is worth your time, and if it is, help you to better understand its significance and trustworthiness.

Find better coverage

Sometimes you don't care about the particular article that reaches you. You care about the claim the article is making. You want to know if it is true or false. In this case your best strategy is to ignore the source that reached you and look for other trusted reporting or analysis on the claim.

Trace claims, quotes, and media back to the original context​

Maybe a claim is made about a new medical treatment based on a research finding — but you’re not certain if the cited research paper really said that. In these cases we'll have you trace the claim, quote, or media back to the source, so you can see it in its original context and get a sense if the version you saw was accurately presented.

SIFT, the four moves by Mike Caulfield

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