Advanced Nutrition Research introduces students to develop critical thinking skills to enhance their research into health and wellness trends through evidence-based scientific data. Students first learn the fundamentals of research in the context of nutrition and health, encompassing common terms and concepts, types of studies, ethical considerations, methodology, reliability, and validity of research designs. Students explore published research and its applications in depth, bridging the gap between nutrition and treatments correlated with prevention and wellness. Students will be encouraged to critically analyze research literature in this field.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze popular news reports and stories, as well as academic and peer-reviewed research to deduce reliability
• Assess strengths and weaknesses of articles, including research trial designs
• Identify basic types of fallacious arguments and reasoning in logical fallacies
• Interpret statistical information commonly found in research studies, such as standard deviation, confidence intervals, statistical significances
• Discuss relevant topics as they pertain to research and studies’ reliability, risks, and limitations

Advanced Nutrition Research contributes to the necessary evaluation when developing client protocols, professional writing, program development, or clinical discussion with colleagues. The course shares ways to interpret, critique, as well as to present research concepts and evidence-based information to the general public.