NTR 301 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I Direct Procedures for Studying Diet Disease Relationships Continued A Animal Trials B Test Tube Trials II Conclusions Outline of Current Lecture I The Media s Position in Dispersing Nutrition Information Current Lecture What type of research will be more likely to be popularized by the media Disproves previous claims knowledge example eggs good or bad Studies Concerning Children Psychological Psychiatric diseases Alzheimers depression Common Conditions Obesity heart disease cancer Rare Diseases How can the media confuse the public about what is isn t good for you according to research Chooses select information from the study Doesn t explain the limitations complexities of the study What do good articles include Describes the population being studied as well as the study design Findings are in a concrete context rather than vague Compares these finding to those conducted in the past Mentions lurking variables Describes limitations These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute How can we determine the reliability of some media sources The Source Are they trying to sell something Think about Credentials Titles degrees organizations Testimonials Some are paid just to say that they took the product when they did not Supporting Evidence Who was the study conducted on could be something other than human May not have included healthy people in their study Ingredients and not products tested Not published in a scientific academic journal Some products sold based on theories Falsified Data Claims Some are too good to be true Take caution Claims of cures Words like breakthrough are used Deficiency remember this is no longer a large problem in the US with the exception of Iron Approved in other countries Patents do not make it credible it just claims originality Private Formulas
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