Skipping Breakfast Health Summary

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http://time.com/4786181/skipping-breakfast-health-benefits/
A. I found that the wording that Amanda MacMillan uses in this article is somewhat contradicting at points. She struggles to get her main point across because her sources often have conflicting evidence and findings. For example, she states, “The researchers concluded that because chronic inflammation is known to affect insulin sensitivity, skipping breakfast could contribute to “metabolic impairment,” which could potentially raise the risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes” (MacMillan). This particular excerpt of the article states that there are conclusive findings in one of the studies. However, at the same time in the exact same sentence, phrases like “could contribute” and “potentially” …show more content…

MacMillan’s partial sensationalist approach is more successful at giving the reader concrete evidence and reason to believe what she is conveying. Using the sensationalist approach, she states, “This fits with what’s already known about humans’ circadian clock, she adds: “Your metabolism and blood sugar control are better in the morning than they are in the evening and at night, so it makes sense to eat more food earlier in the day” (MacMillan). Comparatively, her use of cautious words blurs her point, ultimately causing her article to be less effective. For example, she states “Courtney Peterson, assistant professor of nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama Birmingham, says that more research is needed in order to know the bottom line on breakfast” (MacMillan). This particular quote is a good example of how her cautious wording can lose the reader, making her ending point less …show more content…

She quotes researchers, and states, “Courtney Peterson, assistant professor of nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama Birmingham, says that more research is needed in order to know the bottom line on breakfast” (MacMillan). Courtney Peterson is very qualified and most definitely has the appropriate credentials for this subject.
A. The findings reported in this article came from tests performed on humans. MacMillan states, “Researchers from the University of Hohenheim in Germany tested 17 healthy adults on three separate days: once when they skipped breakfast, once when they had three regular meals and once when they skipped dinner” (MacMillan). Once she introduces the study, she adds ample information about the test subjects which makes it clear that the findings came from research on human subjects.
B. The article never specified if it was a clinical trial using a nutrition or type intervention. Based off of what MacMillan wrote, only humans were used for the findings. She states what was tested, saying, “Each day, blood samples were collected frequently from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. to measure hormone levels, glucose and insulin concentrations, and immune cell activity” (MacMillan). From my inference I would classify the study as a clinical trial with nutrition

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