Nutrition and Metabolism Assignment | Online Assignment

Assessment Task Details:

Conduct a Pubmed (or similar) search to identify a research article that has been published in the last 12 months, ie. no earlier than March of the previous year.

The paper must be an ‘original article’ and present data (ie. not an editorial or review) addressing an important issue in Nutrition Science.  Prepare a brief oral presentation illustrating research results.

The presentation must be supported by powerpoint slides, with up to a maximum of 9 slides, including your introductory slide.  You may include references at the bottom of the relevant slice, or alternatively, they may become a 10^th slide.  The components and marking criteria are described below and the assessment rubric is available on CANVAS.

Ensure you select an article where you understand the basics at least of any laboratory procedures, statistics, etc.  if it is beyond your understanding without enormous additional learning, choose another paper!

You will be assigned 7 minutes to deliver your presentation, including 2 minutes for questions / discussion.

Do not go over the time limit.  Speak clearly and concisely.  Be coherent.  Do not ramble, fidget, or move around in circles….  Make sure that each slide is not cluttered with too many points and concepts.

You may select from the following themes for your research article:

• A specific aspect of hormonal control of energy metabolism, including insulin signal transduction
• A specific aspect of nutrigenomics or epigenetics
• Maternal nutritional status and health risks for offspring OR effect of varying nutritional intake (eg macro/micronutrients, etc) on growth and development of infants and children OR foetal programming
• Role of a specific macronutrient (this can go beyond eg lipid or CHO, etc, and may look at eg a type of lipid, or dietary lipid profiles, types of carbs, or even eg manipulation of amino acid profile or % of different macronutrient in the diet
• Specified macro or micronutrient and healthy adulthood and ageing
• Specified taste receptor and relationship with food selection / appetite OR A specific aspect of gut nutrient sensing
• Investigation of nutritional implications of a specific type of diet eg Mediterranean, paleo, fad, etc OR Implications of food fortification / genetic manipulation of crops / farmed animals for human nutrition