Nutrition Scientific Research Reviews – Nutrition in Health and Disease:Research

Nutrition Scientific Research Reviews – Nutrition in Health and Disease:Research paper. Limit your discussions to 4-6 pages, typed, double spaced. Grammar, spelling and punctuation will be considered in the grading of all written work. Submit through Canvas.
A few notes about the research papers to keep in mind as you are planning on writing your paper. Read and summarize one scientific nutrition research paper on health and nutrition of interest to you. The article must come from peer-reviewed journals, such as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Journal of the American Medical Association, etc. (Ask me if you need to clarify this.)
RUBRIC for a research paper: use “Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and “Discussion/Conclusion” to summarize the approach and results. PubMed is often useful for finding papers to analyze. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLinks to an external site. Titles, references, technical terms, procedures, etc. can’t be avoided. What you have to avoid is being “too close to your sources” – don’t copy and paste whole sentences. Discussions cause trouble unless you rephrase the journal statements. Hard, but demonstrates that you comprehend the ideas involved. Simple idea but requires thought. I got caught on this in my scientific writing class. ? So I improved.
Be sure to properly cite your sources on a reference page and remember that anything taken directly from the article should be in quotation marks. If you have questions about APA formatting, the Purdue OWL website is great: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/Links to an external site.
Grading Guidelines
Quality of Information/ Accuracy of Information/ Organization and Readability/ APA Style Mechanics
In the paper, you will present an overview of some aspect of nutrition, perhaps including historical precedents as well as future directions. Be sure that the paper reflects this Nutrition class. “AVOID RECYCLED PAPERS”. Read comment on plagiarism. The paper should be 4-6 pages of writing, (this doesn’t count the other stuff like title page and references), use several sources if you like, in APA format (including a title page, references, etc.). See the syllabus for due date. Submit through Canvas.
APA Citation Style Guide & Tutorial
Be sure to properly cite your sources on a reference page and remember than anything taken directly from the article should be in quotation marks. If you have questions about APA formatting, the Purdue OWL website is great: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/Links to an external site.
APA Citation Style Guide & Tutorial:
Style Guide: http://eta.health.usf.edu/publichealth/APAstyle.pdfLinks to an external site.
Tutorial: http://eta.health.usf.edu/publichealth/APApresentation/player.htmlLinks to an external site.
Rubric
HUN3296 Research Paper Rubric
HUN3296 Research Paper Rubric
CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQuality of Information
8 ptsInformation clearly relates to the main topic and follows requirements of assignment.
6 ptsInformation relates to the main topic and generally follows the assignment.
4 ptsParts of paper don’t follow the main topic or the assignment.
0 ptsInformation has little or nothing to do with the main topic or does not follow assignment.
8 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAccuracy of Information
5 ptsNo inaccuracies noted.
3 ptsFew inaccuracies noted.
2 ptsSome inaccuracies noted
0 ptsMany inaccuracies noted
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization and Readability
5 ptsInformation is very organized easily readable.
3 ptsInformation is organized and readable.
2 ptsOrganization of information not totally clear or readability is less than good.
0 ptsThe information appears to be disorganized or readability is bad.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA Style
4 ptsPerfect APA formatting.
3 ptsMostly follows APA formatting.
2 ptsSome elements of APA style present.
0 ptsDoesn’t seem to follow APA format at all.
4 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMechanics
3 ptsNo grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
2 ptsAlmost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors
1 ptsA few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.
0 ptsMany grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
3 pts