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Discussion Module 10: Life Span & Risk for Chronic Illnesses, such as Obesity, CVD, or Diabetes Type 2 - G2 From
1 1 unread reply. 1 1 reply. Since we have been studying 'life cycle nutrition' this week, you learned that many chronic illnesses seem to originate at early stages. Many of the leading morbidity and mortality causes seem to be obesity-related. In this week's discussion, you have again 2 options for your initial post: please choose one (either #1, or #2) #1. Based on the information presented so far in the book (chapter 1-10) as well as the attached article, what do you think can be done nutritionally to prevent chronic illnesses, such as allergies, obesity, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes type 2? And how can those, who already have the disease, be helped nutritionally -- what would you recommend to someone with arteriosclerosis, decreased bone mineral density, diabetes type 2, hypertension, obesity, etc.? Select a nutrition-related disease that is most appealing to you and a life-cycle stage where you would employ your intervention or recommendation (pregnancy, infancy, adolescence, adulthood, midlife, elderly, etc.), which must be backed up by current science (2 peer-reviewed journal articles published in the last 3-5 years). #2. Please select a popular weight-management diet (e.g., Cabbage Soup Diet, Dr. Atkin's Diet, Raw Foods Diet, 'Eat right for your type diet' (D’Adamo' Eat Right for Your Blood Type diet), Grapefruit Diet, Gluten-Free for everyone, Zone-Diet, etc.), tell us about the respective 'weight-loss promise', and give it a 'science check' by looking at current peer-reviewed articles. Is there a possibility that the diet could work long term? Might the user experience any side effects? Use at least 2 recent scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals to support your answer(s). **Remember, in order to be eligible for full credit, your initial response needs to advance the conversation academically and be posted by Thursday at 11:55pm PT. Since this is a written discussion that can be reviewed, a unique contribution from each student is expected; this means if someone has already addressed the correlation between childhood obesity and obesity, or the correlation between Alzheimer's Disease and Curcumin L. (turmeric) consumption, it should not be repeated in the following discussion contributions if full credit is desired -- unless the first contribution was incomplete, and the new post provides additional research findings as well as different references. In essence, this means that the earlier you get your contribution into the discussion board, the easier it will be for you to write about the topic of your choice. If someone posted the same right before you, you will unfortunately have to change your initial contribution -- however, on the bright side: you can then use your work in the reply post to this student ;-) --Your initial post should be at least 250 words (not counting words of the question or references!). --Back up your answers with references, and cite your sources! You will need to cite at least 2 scientific references from peer-reviewed journal articles to receive full credit for your initial post. Please remember: Wikipedia is NOT an accepted scientific reference!! Respond to at least one other student by Sunday night at 11:55pm PT with a well-thought-out reply (containing at least 1 reference from a peer-reviewed journal article) that advances the conversation academically. --Each response to classmates should be at least 100 words (not counting the references!). Grading Rubric Your Initial Post is worth 14 points 4 points will be deducted for each day late (after Thursday) until the final Sunday night deadline 5 points will be deducted for only citing 1 peer-reviewed scientific article (again: I want to see at least 2 peer-reviewed scientific journal references -- found in the MedLine or PubMed database). 7 points will be deducted for short posts (< 250 / 300 words) 7 points will be deducted for incomplete, unresearched and/or poorly formatted posts (this includes file uploads, which can NOT be read in discussions; hence, please PASTE your words into the discussion text box!) 10 points will be deducted if the post does not advance the topic academically (this includes the use of Wikipedia, Livestrong.com, and other commercial dot.com web sites) 10 points will be deducted for not citing and referencing your sources 10 points will be deducted for not citing any peer-reviewed journal articles 14 points will be deducted for plagiarizing, including 'copy & paste' postings from other websites. 14 points will be deducted for uploading your contribution as an attachment (which nobody can easily read). Your 1 Peer Response is worth 6 points (you are welcome to post a 2nd Peer Response worth up to 6 points) 3 points will be deducted for each short post (< 100 words) 3 points will be deducted for not citing 1 peer-reviewed scientific article 3 points will be deducted for each poorly formatted posts (spelling, grammar, etc...) 4 points will be deducted for not citing and referencing your source(s) in each post 6 points will be deducted if the post does not advance the topic academically (e.g., posting 'opinions' without scientific back-up, or citing Wikipedia, Livestrong.com, and other commercial dot.com web sites) 6 points will be deducted for plagiarizing, including 'copy & paste' postings from other websites. Enjoy your research and this discussion! I will be checking in with clarifications and additional information if needed. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly if you have any questions.