{"id":2404,"date":"2018-05-21T16:51:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T16:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-herkimer-nutritionflex\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2404"},"modified":"2018-05-21T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T16:53:14","slug":"term-research-project","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-nutrition\/chapter\/term-research-project\/","title":{"raw":"Term Research Project","rendered":"Term Research Project"},"content":{"raw":"Overview of Term Research Project:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Choose a diet plan and review requirement of the diet as promoted by the designers of the diet and collect anecdotal evidence from people who have tried the diet.\u00a0 Write a summary of how the diet plan works.\u00a0 This will be the introduction to your term paper.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Consider the energy balance of the diet, the level of macro and micro nutrients provided by the diet, and review any scientific studies completed on the diet.\u00a0 The studies you consider must utilize the scientific method and be from a well respected source.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Discuss the research papers.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nPlease check the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<strong>Course Schedule<\/strong> in the left hand side bar<\/span> for all due dates.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0Purpose:<\/strong>\r\n<div class=\"normalDiv\">\r\n<div class=\"normalSpan\">\r\n<div class=\"normalSpan\">\r\n\r\nYour term research project assignment is to write an original research paper on a diet plan that people follow in an attempt to lose weight and achieve better health. The assignment is divided into into three parts. Each part is graded separately.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Part 1 - Diet Plan:<\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Select an diet plan.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Review materials released by the creator of the diet plan.\u00a0 For example, if you choose weight watchers you might visit the weight watchers website.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Review the \"Dietary Guidelines\" as promoted by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (https:\/\/health.gov\/dietaryguidelines\/) and \"Healthy Weight\" recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthyweight\/index.html).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Find someone who has tried the diet.\u00a0 Interview them on their experiences with the diet.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Write a summary including information on how to properly follow the diet.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Define the rules of the diet.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Compare the diet guideline to recommendations from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Include quotes from people who have tried the diet as anecdotalevidence of the effectiveness of the diet plan.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Properly cite your sources in APA or MLA style.\u00a0 Use in text citation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Post to\u00a0your Term Paper Part 1 GO Drop\u00a0Box.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Part 2 - Research Scientific Studies on the Effectiveness of the Diet:<\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Find a scientific study completed on the diet you are studying.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>You need the original study (not a summary of the study).\u00a0 Visit the college library website and utilize the databases to find a peer-reviewed study.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The study MUST follow the scientific method.\u00a0 (See <strong>Scientific Method<\/strong> in the left hand side bar to review the steps.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify the hypothesis, methods, results, and conclusions of the study.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Write a paper including the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>A summary of the study identifying the hypothesis, methods, results and conclusions of the study.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>A determination of whether or not you would recommend the diet based on the study you reviewed.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Properly cite your sources in APA or MLA style.\u00a0 Use in text citation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Post to\u00a0your Term Paper Part 2 GO Drop\u00a0Box<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nPart 3 - Discussion of all papers:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Paste Part 1 and Part 2 of your project into the Term Project Part 3 GO Discussion Forum. \u00a0You should create a new thread when doing this.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Read all the papers posted.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reply to the papers you find most interesting and valuable. You are expected to provide constructive criticism and insightful teaching presence for these papers, and respond to most of the students who comment on your paper. (Submit these using the \"<b>reply<\/b>\" link, not the \"<strong>Create Thread<\/strong>\" button.)\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Replies should add new knowledge or insight to the diet discussed in the paper\u00a0you are replying to.\u00a0 Minimum requirement\u00a0<b>100 words each.<\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li>The\u00a0<b>title<\/b>\u00a0of your reply should be a\u00a0<b>complete sentence<\/b>\u00a0that summarize the main point of your message.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>A minimum of\u00a0twelve posts are required.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>SC117 Term Research Project by Jessica Kelly is licensed under CC-BY<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>Overview of Term Research Project:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose a diet plan and review requirement of the diet as promoted by the designers of the diet and collect anecdotal evidence from people who have tried the diet.\u00a0 Write a summary of how the diet plan works.\u00a0 This will be the introduction to your term paper.<\/li>\n<li>Consider the energy balance of the diet, the level of macro and micro nutrients provided by the diet, and review any scientific studies completed on the diet.\u00a0 The studies you consider must utilize the scientific method and be from a well respected source.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the research papers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please check the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<strong>Course Schedule<\/strong> in the left hand side bar<\/span> for all due dates.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"normalDiv\">\n<div class=\"normalSpan\">\n<div class=\"normalSpan\">\n<p>Your term research project assignment is to write an original research paper on a diet plan that people follow in an attempt to lose weight and achieve better health. 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Each part is graded separately.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Part 1 &#8211; Diet Plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select an diet plan.<\/li>\n<li>Review materials released by the creator of the diet plan.\u00a0 For example, if you choose weight watchers you might visit the weight watchers website.<\/li>\n<li>Review the &#8220;Dietary Guidelines&#8221; as promoted by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (https:\/\/health.gov\/dietaryguidelines\/) and &#8220;Healthy Weight&#8221; recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthyweight\/index.html).<\/li>\n<li>Find someone who has tried the diet.\u00a0 Interview them on their experiences with the diet.<\/li>\n<li>Write a summary including information on how to properly follow the diet.\n<ul>\n<li>Define the rules of the diet.<\/li>\n<li>Compare the diet guideline to recommendations from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/li>\n<li>Include quotes from people who have tried the diet as anecdotalevidence of the effectiveness of the diet plan.<\/li>\n<li>Properly cite your sources in APA or MLA style.\u00a0 Use in text citation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Post to\u00a0your Term Paper Part 1 GO Drop\u00a0Box.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Part 2 &#8211; Research Scientific Studies on the Effectiveness of the Diet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Find a scientific study completed on the diet you are studying.\n<ul>\n<li>You need the original study (not a summary of the study).\u00a0 Visit the college library website and utilize the databases to find a peer-reviewed study.<\/li>\n<li>The study MUST follow the scientific method.\u00a0 (See <strong>Scientific Method<\/strong> in the left hand side bar to review the steps.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Identify the hypothesis, methods, results, and conclusions of the study.<\/li>\n<li>Write a paper including the following:\n<ul>\n<li>A summary of the study identifying the hypothesis, methods, results and conclusions of the study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A determination of whether or not you would recommend the diet based on the study you reviewed.<\/li>\n<li>Properly cite your sources in APA or MLA style.\u00a0 Use in text citation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Post to\u00a0your Term Paper Part 2 GO Drop\u00a0Box<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Part 3 &#8211; Discussion of all papers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Paste Part 1 and Part 2 of your project into the Term Project Part 3 GO Discussion Forum. \u00a0You should create a new thread when doing this.<\/li>\n<li>Read all the papers posted.<\/li>\n<li>Reply to the papers you find most interesting and valuable. You are expected to provide constructive criticism and insightful teaching presence for these papers, and respond to most of the students who comment on your paper. 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