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Analyze the graph below and define empty-calorie food.Your challenge is to use about 50 words (no less than 40, but no morethan 60) to come up with your own definition. Be original and do notcopy-paste. Plagiarism will not be tolerated under no circumstances andin any form. Upload your Short Opinion as a Word document using theclass Assignment Submission tool by Friday, October 9 no later than 5PMEST. You may upload your Short Opinion anytime before the due date.

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Dr. Jaczynski was granted a patent in 2010. Your assignment is to retrieve the following information for the patent:

• Inventor(s) Name(s),
• Assignee(s),
• Patent Number,
• Filing Date,
• Issue Date,
• Patent Title.

Uploadyour Short Opinion as a Word document using the class AssignmentSubmission tool by Friday, October 23 no later than 5PM EST. You mayupload your Short Opinion anytime before the due date.

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Criticallyevaluate a diet/nutrition/food advertisement. The advertisement can befrom television, magazine, newspaper, or internet. You may use theinternet to research the product being sold. To clue you in, be sure toinclude the following in your paper:

1. Identify what product is being advertised.
2. How the advertisement attempts to influence your food choices?
3. What audience is being targeted?
4. What attributes of the product are emphasized?
5. What mechanism is used to hold your attention?
6. How factual is the information?
7. What is used to lend credibility to advertiser’s alleged claims?
8. What part of the truth remains undisclosed?
9. In your opinion, how effective is the advertisement?

Your papercannot exceed 200 words and be shorter than 175 words. Be original anddo not copy-paste. Plagiarism will not be tolerated under nocircumstances and in any form. Uploadyour Short Opinion as a Word document using the class AssignmentSubmission tool by Friday, October 30 no later than 5PM EST. You mayupload your Short Opinion anytime before the due date.

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Attached Files:

• Agricultural Biotechnology Presents Health Risks.pdf(37.175 KB)
• Alcohol Advertising Does Not Promote Underage Drinking.pdf(38.223 KB)
• America’s Food Supply Is Safe.pdf(47.299 KB)
• Athletes Are More Vulnerable to Anorexia Than Non-athletes.pdf(32.793 KB)
• Athletes Will Never Stop Using Performance Drugs.pdf(37.939 KB)
• Eating Disorders Are Not Necessarily Harmful.pdf(35.255 KB)
• Genetic Engineering Can Be Ethical.pdf(67.539 KB)
• Global Food Supply Is Not Becoming Scarcer.pdf(40.302 KB)
• High Population Growth Is Exacerbating World Poverty.pdf(34.953 KB)
• Hunger Among Elderly.pdf(33.863 KB)
• The Risks of Disordered Eating.pdf(40.859 KB)

You canprepare one Critical Review of published literature during the semesterfor Extra Credit. The purpose of the Critical Review is to give youexperience in reading, evaluating, and incorporating technicalliterature into your knowledge base. Although you must prepare asummary of the material read, emphasis must be placed on your evaluationof the literature:

1. How the information aligns with what you already know.
2. How the new information impacts your outlook.
3. The significance of the information to your knowledge base.

Includein your Critical Review why you selected the particular article andidentify the article reviewed using a consistent citation format.

There is aset of 11 papers attached to this assignment. These papers are on verydiverse topics, often quite controversial. They are related to current,hot issues in human nutrition and food. Choose one paper out of the 11available for your Critical Review. If you choose not to use anarticle from the 11 available; then the article must have been writtenbetween 2010-present and approved by Dr. J.

Your Critical Reviewshould be 2 pages of 12-pt double-spaced text with 1″-margins.Plagiarism will not be tolerated under no circumstances and in any form.Uploadyour Critical Review as a Word document using the class AssignmentSubmission tool by Friday, November 20 no later than 5PM EST. You mayupload your Critical Review anytime before the due date. As thisassignment gives you an opportunity to generate Extra Credit, latesubmissions will not be accepted. You may upload your Critical Reviewanytime before the due date.