Diet & Exercise
Feeder Assignment 2

 
GOAL: Write a literature review that synthesizes recent medical research on a specific health risk of poor eating and exercise habits.

Audience: Those who have a personal investment in this area of nutrition and want the most up-to date and valid scientific information, but who do not have access to this material.

Length: 2-3 pages

Value: 5% of your grade

Text: Allen & Bacon, 735-736

DUE: January 29

Now that you have collected data and started drawing conclusions, gather information from current scientific research on how poor eating and exercise habits lead to serious health risks.

Choose a specific health problem (heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, obesity, high blood pressure etc.) that is aggravated by poor eating / exercise. If possible, choose an issue your are familiar with. . . a health problem that you yourself, or a relative or family member has experienced.

Based on your research, write a literature review. See by Allen and Bacon (735-6).

 A synthesized discussion of the most recent medical findings on your topic (limit your search to the findings from 1993 - present on the specific medical topic of your choice). Read 1h and 2d in A & B.

Your literature review should bring your audience up to date on recent research findings about your focus area.

Read widely (see library research guide).

Read chapter 33 & 34 in A & B.

Organize your paper by IDEAS and "infe[r] themes, problems, trends, and so on" (A & B 736).

Use correct documentation style (36d in A & B).

 SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF: What are the symptoms, treatment, results of going untreated, etc.?

How can I most effectively synthesize the materials I find?

 Make copies of the articles you find. It’s amazing what you miss in the first "read". As your ideas change, you should re-read these articles. Do NOT waste your time by having to hunt them down again because the book may not be there the second time around.
 
LIBRARY WORK

Spend class time locating articles from the following databases. You should give:

first priority: professional journal articles (ex: AJM, Medical journals etc.)

second priority: popular magazine articles and newspapers (Time, Newsweek, etc.)

  
PRE-THINKING & BRAINSTORMING    

What is the nutritional problem you are interested in researching?    

Write down everything you know about this topic in your notebook.    

What questions do you have?    

What information must you find to fill in the gaps and answer your questions?
 
 
Infotrac:     Find articles since 1993 from each of the following:    • Expanded Academic Index (some key words to try)    CANCER AND DIET   

ATHLETES- FOOD AND NUTRITION   

BODY BUILDERS- FOOD AND NUTRITION   

DIET   

DIET IN DISEASE   

EXERCISE- HEALTH ASPECTS   

FOOD HABITS   

LONGEVITY- NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS   

NUTRITION   

PHYSICAL FITNESS- NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS 

 • Health Reference Center    same key words as above 
First Search: General Science Abstracts     Find articles since 1993    CANCER- NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS   

DIET   

NUTRITION
 
OTHER PLACES TO LOOK (key terms to try)    • Eric    

• Newsbank Newsfile   

CANCER AND (FAT OR DIET OR NUTRITION)  • Catalogue of US government documents   

 • UNC on-line computer (some possible search words)   

CANCER- DIET THERAPY   

CANCER-NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS   

DIET   

NUTRITION 

 • UNC Reserve list for our class    

• UNC Reference books   

QP11.E53 1997 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN BIOLOGY (VOL 9)   

QP141.C69 1988B COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NUTRITION   

QP141.G33 1985 NUTRITION DESK REFERENCE   

RA776.Y64 1987 YOUR GOOD HEALTH   

QH307.2.M34 1991 MAGILL'S SURVEY OS SCIENCE   

R5.M38 MEDICAL AND HEALTH ANNUAL (see index under diet / nutrition)   

RC263.C2935 1990 CANCER SOURCE BOOK