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Assignment: Personal Choices
Some fad weight-loss diets include pills that are believed to speed up the body’s
metabolism to help a person lose weight quickly. Other diets rely on low calorie
intake for rapid weight loss. However, such methods can lead to destructive
metabolic processes in the body, causing organ failure.
Instructions
Your task is to research and describe a particular weight-loss method that targets
the body’s metabolism. Use the appropriate scientific concepts to explain how
metabolic processes are affected and how this results in weight loss. Also include
the possible risks to the individual associated with that particular method and the
impact this may have on society. Investigate the costs to the medical system.
Finally, based on your research, suggest why it is important to know how the
body’s cells will react to the introduction of new substances or the removal of
other substances related to a particular diet.
Part I: Planning Your Research Paper
1. Create a plan or outline for your paper that includes your thesis and the
three main points you intend to present in support of your thesis.
2. Submit a list of three resources you wish to use to write your paper. Ensure
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your resources are listed in APA style .
3. Submit your completed research paper outline to the Assignment: Personal
Choices—Outline Dropbox. Your teacher will review and provide you
feedback on how to proceed with your research paper.
Important
Your grade is linked to both parts of the assignment. Wait for feedback from
your teacher on the components of Part I before working on and
completing your research paper.
Part II: Writing Your Research Paper
1. Write your research paper, incorporating the feedback and direction from your
teacher. Your research paper should have an introduction, body, and
conclusion. Typically, you would have one paragraph for each of your
introduction and conclusion. The body of your research paper can have
multiple paragraphs. The focus of the body of your paper should be the three
main points you submitted to your your teacher in Part I .
2. Include any relevant data you obtained from your research to support your
main ideas. Ensure your data is obtained from a credible source.
3. Use in-text citations to reference any information you wish to present that is
not your own original idea, such as data and theories/opinions of others.
4. Submit a reference list that includes all the sources you used in your
research paper. Ensure that both your in-text citations and reference list are
completed according to APA style .
Assessment Details
Your submission should include the following:
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Part I: Your outline for your paper, including your thesis and three main
points
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Part I: Three sources you intend to use to write your research paper
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Part II: Your research paper
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Part II: Your complete reference list in APA style
Upload your outline and three sources you intend to use to the Assignment:
Personal Choices—Outline Dropbox.
Upload your research paper to the Assignment: Personal Choices—
Final Dropbox.
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Please note that this assignment contains two unique Dropbox folders.
Submit components of Part I to the Outline Dropbox, whereas components
of Part II should be submitted to the Final Dropbox.
Submit this assignment to the dropbox. This assignment will be evaluated for a grade that will
contribute to your overall final grade in this course.
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