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CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS 1. Read this study and answer the ques- tions that follow. Schultz, D., Shanks, C.. & Houghtaling, B. (2015). The impact of the 2009 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children food package revisions on participants: A systematic review. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 115, 1832-1846. doi: Results showed that each diet was associ- ated with significant weight loss and reduc- tion in cardiovascular disease risk (Mansoor, Vinknes, Veierod, & Retterstol, 2015) 1. Is the study primary or secondary research? 2. Is the study a narrative or systematic review? 3. Is the study a conference proceeding? Study Summary: The objective of the tudy was to test whether adding a dietitian to a hospital discharge team for geriatric patients would improve the nutritional sta tus of those patients over 6 months. Geriatric patients were randomly assigned to either the regular discharge team or the discharge team with the dietitian. All patients were at least 70 ears old and determined to be at nutritional risk. The dietitian gave each discharged patient three home visits within 8 weeks of discharge. Nutritional status was measured using weight, muscle strength, and other measures. Adding a dietitian to the discharg team did improve the nutritional status of geriatric patients (Beck et al., 2015) 1. Is the study primary or secondary 10.1016fj jand.2015.06.381 A. Why was this study done? In other words, B. In your own words, what was the pur- C. Which databases did the researchers use 3. define the problem(s). pose of the study to find appropriate articles? D. Name three criteria the researchers used to determine which articles they would use in the meta-analysis E. How many articles met the study criteria? F. Briefly state the results of the three arms of this study ● Study Summary: The purpose of this research was to examine studies on the effect of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets on weight and cardiovascular disease risk. The authors found 17 randomized control trials that met their criteria for their meta-analysis. research?

Answer 1

1.A. To meet the institutions nutrional recommendations.

B. The purposes were:

* to improve nutrition among WIC participants.

* to assess the nutritional assessment to evaluate whether its meeting the institutional recommendations.

* to improve the dietary intake and the availability of the food items.

C. The electronic databases were used

D. The reviewers screened the articles, extracted the data and established inter rater reliability.

E. 9 studies

F. Mixed results demonstrated in regard to improved breast feeding outcomes. Improved dietary intake and an increase in the availability of healthier foods and beverages..

2.A. Secondary research

B. Systematic review

C. Yes it can be conference proceedings

3. A. Primary research

B. Narrative review

C. Yes study is conference proceeding

4.A. Primary

B. Narrative

C. No

5 A. Secondary

B. Systematic

C. Yes can be used for conference proceedings