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TOPIC: ATKINS DIET

Pros and Cons, a critical review

 

Study Atkins diet as a Critic not as a customer

Study Atkin’s diet, go online and see what this diet is all about? What is it offering? What are their main points that make it different? Etc.

This assignment has three main sections.

  1. Introduction

  2. Comparison of the characteristics of a healthy diet (ABC-MV)

  3. Research about the opinion of major health organizations regarding this diet

 

Compare this diet with ABC_MV (the basic characteristics of healthy diet Chapter 2). Explain if this diet meets or does not comply with any of the components of a healthy diet and support in detail your viewpoint with scientific and logical arguments.

Also, investigate and discuss in detail what major health organizations such as the American Health Association, American Cancer Society, etc. feel about this type of diets.

Discuss each component of the assignment, as described below.

 

Template:

EACH SECTION MUST BEGINS CLEAR AND BOLD HEADING.

Page 1

COVER PAGE     Points 5

Atkin’s Diet.

Your Name

Class Day & Time (like Friday 8 am)

Page 2- Section 1

Introduction: – (SHOULD NOT EXCEED MORE THAN 250 WORDS)  Points 10

         Write a brief introduction- must not exceed one page. (Short and concise cover all important aspects)

 

Page 3- Section 2 (This part may need more than one page) Points 30

Comparison of Atkin’s diet with ABC-MV: - (MUST NOT BE LESS THAN 250 WORDS)

Make sure each Characteristic must be discussed in separate sections under BOLD subheading as shown below.

ADEQUACY:  Must state whether this diet meets this characteristic or not with a YES or NO- Than explain, in detail, your reasons how did you reach to that conclusion?

BALANCE: Must state whether this diet meets this characteristic or not with a YES or NO- Than explain, in detail, your reasons how did you reach to that conclusion?

MODERATION: Must state whether this diet meets this characteristic or not with a YES or NO- Than explain, in detail, your reasons how did you reach to that conclusion?

 VARIETY: Must state whether this diet meets this characteristic or not with a YES or NO- Than explain, in detail, your reasons how did you reach to that conclusion?

 

Section 3 (need research and details) Points 40

DISCUSSION: (MUST BE AROUND 300 WORDS OR MORE)

Discuss what major health organizations, government Departments and Independent Research Institutes thinks about this diet. Keep in mind any institute linked with Atkin’s Organizations or funded by it will not be considered as an unbiased opinion. Your discussion must be divided into separate sections with BOLD SUB-HEADING as shown below:

   AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: Explain what are the views of this organization about this diet? What are their reservations, apprehensions about this or similar diets?

   AMERICAN KIDNEY FOUNDATION (AKF): Explain what are the views of this organization about this diet? What are their reservations, apprehensions about this or similar diets?

   AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY (ACS): Explain what are the views of this organization about this diet? What are their reservations, apprehensions about this or similar diets?

 

Section 4 (MUST be, at lease, 60 words)  Points 10

CONCLUSION: After all the discussion, what do you think about this diet and give your judgment and support with scientific arguments.

Section 5- (minimum 4 references) Points 5

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