NHM 454: Module 1 Exam Questions And
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______ make observations of health and disease in conjunction with observations of commonly
consumed food. - ANS Nutrition researchers
______ analyze foods to determine the nutrient content and them formulate products to
provide optimal amounts of these nutrients - ANS Food scientists
How are food science and nutrition related? - ANS They are symbiotic fields that share
common literature, research methodology, and study designs.
_____ a 200 word overview of the article - ANS Abstract
_____ tells you why the article is being published. This is where the objective is usually found -
ANS Introduction
____ this includes the inclusion and exclusion criteria (number of participants, age, race,
gender, outcome measures - what are they testing) - ANS Method
For every outcome measure you list in the method section, you should report the ___ in this
section - ANS Results
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____ the overview and explanation of the results. - ANS Discussion and conclusion
What are the 4 types of research? - ANS descriptive/qualitative, experimental, integrative,
translational
An effective way of obtaining information for devising hypotheses and proposing associations.
Cannot test or verify, but rather illustrates a non-quantifiable topic. Involves a well focused
research question. - ANS Qualitative research
Analytical research evaluation hypotheses and determination of casual relationships. Involves
investigator-controlled interventions. Experimental design determines statistical power. -
ANS Experimental research
What is the gold standard experimental design? - ANS Double-blind and randomized
controlled trial.
Utilize comparative study design involving an intervention with one or more treatments.
Participants are assigned based on a formal randomization procedure. - ANS Randomized
controlled trials
Important consideration for randomized controlled trials include - ANS TIME - length of
treatment period must be sufficient to adequately test treatment effects. Time may differ
based on composition of food and bioactivity of the compound of interest.
Participants are randomly assigned to a treatment group and remain on this treatment
throughout the study. Requires a large sample size due to degree of variance among
participants in each group. - ANS Parallel RCT
Each participant receives the treatment and control. Individuals serve as their own control.
Wash out period typically separates different stages of study. - ANS Crossover RCT