HRT 255 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Hormone Replacement Therapy, Fat, Fish As Food

• School: Cal Poly Pomona
• Department: Hospitality Management
• Course: HRT 255
• Professor: Li Ge

Document Summary

Current eating patterns in the u. s: most people obtain information about diet and health from these sources, newspapers, magazine, television, radio, internet. Why is nutrition so prevalent: primary motive for nutrition misinformation: profit, misinformation of research results (intentionally and unintentionally, denationalization, exaggeration, oversimplification, opinions. How does scientist evaluate claims: a hypothesis is developed based on theory or observation, example: a diet high in fruit and veggie lower the risk of high blood pressure, research study, repetition of research, theory. Red flags for nutrition misinformation: something is being sold, quick and easy solutions to complex problems (obesity, hair loss, wrinkles, etc. , claims that sound too good to be true, simplistic conclusions drawn from a complex study. Be aware of confirmation bias: confirmation bias: tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one"s preexisting beliefs. It is illegal to convey false or misleading information about nutrition in magazine and newspaper articles on television false.