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BPK 140 Lecture 3: kins 140 Lecture 3 Prof Arnold

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27 Sep 2011
School
Simon Fraser University
Department
Biomedical Physio & Kines
Course
BPK 140
Professor
Anne- Kristina Arnold

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Evaluate sources of health information for credibility and describe the characteristics of. 4. suggest alternative solutions explain how epidemiology works. Identify whether a particular example represents experimental, epidemiological, clinical or anecdotal evidence. Scientist are trained to look at the evidence when evaluating health claims. There are several types of evidence, some better than others. Experimental evidence: the preferred type of scientific evidence. Ethics (animals, tissue cultures [skin cells], computer models: epidemiological evidence. Epidemiology: study of the distribution & determinants of a condition in a population . It is scientific evidence, but not as high quality as experimental evidence. Correlating who gets a disease with what they do or what they are exposed to. Smokers get lung cancer (and other other cancers and diseases) more often than non smokers. Women who are sexually active develop cervical cancer more often than women who are not.

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Dieting is common in our society and everyone wants a piece of the action. So many diets are available to choose from if someone wants to change their health; e.g., lose weight. Often times, diets are promoted with claims of great success. For the purposes of this assignment, you are to choose a particular diet and analyze it in terms of scientific evidence, or lack thereof. Then, you are to design a controlled experiment to test a hypothesis based on this diet. The experiment must include multiple individuals within a control and experimental group. You must specify how you will measure the outcome of the experiment identifying both the independent and dependent variables. You must describe the potential outcomes of the experiment in terms of supporting the hypothesis. Write a 2-3 page (500 – 750 words, 12 point font) paper including the following elements. Be sure to compose your work with your own words. Do not copy and paste from any source. Describe the basic nature of the diet including the reasoning for how it works. Analyze the diet for any scientific evidence to support its effectiveness. Design a controlled experiment to test the effectiveness of the diet. Use in-text citation and provide source references for at least 3 sources. The textbook can be one source

Dieting is common in our society and everyone wants a piece of the action. So many diets are available to choose from if someone wants to change their health; e.g., lose weight. Often times, diets are promoted with claims of great success. For the purposes of this assignment, you are to choose a particular diet and analyze it in terms of scientific evidence, or lack thereof. Then, you are to design a controlled experiment to test a hypothesis based on this diet. The experiment must include multiple individuals within a control and experimental group. You must specify how you will measure the outcome of the experiment identifying both the independent and dependent variables.

You must describe the potential outcomes of the experiment in terms of supporting the hypothesis. Write a 2-3 page (500 – 750 words, 12 point font) paper including the following elements. Be sure to compose your work with your own words. Do not copy and paste from any source.

*Describe the basic nature of the diet including the reasoning for how it works.

*Analyze the diet for any scientific evidence to support its effectiveness.

*Design a controlled experiment to test the effectiveness of the diet.

*What is convergent and divergent evolution? Describe whether the trait is a result of convergent or divergent evolution.

*Use in-text citation and provide source references for at least 3 sources. The textbook can be one source. When citing articles or other types of documents, follow standard guidelines as introduced on "Citing references in scientific research papers".

Epidemiology (Public Health)

In about 12-15 sentences, please explain why it is not always possible for epidemiologists to use an experimental design such as the RCT to test an etiologic hypothesis on humans. Be sure to fully support your answer with relevant information , and utilize additional, credible outside sources where needed. As part of this, please use at least one scholarly(peer reviewed) journal article to substantiate your views. Be sure fully cite the article(s) (Author/Organization, title, date, journal name, volume, issue and year plus the URL) as well as any other sources using an established style guide (Chicago, APA, or MLA).