Evaluate three scholarly journal articles that you will use in your Scientific and/or Analytical paper that you will write next week. That means that you want to use articles that include scientific or economic relevant information as opposed to cultural and ethical which we will do in 2 weeks. Also, remember that the topics are all coming from a public health standpoint. To ensure that, include public health in your search criteria.
Article One: “Effects of decreases of animal pollinators on human nutrition and global health: A
modelling analysis”
An article published in the Lancet investigated the consequences of the loss of pollinator
populations at 50 percent, 75 percent and 100 percent. A database of 224 types of foods from
156 countries was used to quantify nutrient composition and pollinator dependence. This
compilation was used to estimate the reductions of micronutrient intake and the health burden
that would result at each percentage of decline. The results suggested that individuals living in
poor countries would experience the decline of produce differently that those living in developed
countries. Areas such as Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia would be more likely to experience
an increase in diseases related to deficiencies of vitamin A and folic acid leading to more night
blindness and neural tube defects. Wealthier countries, such as the North America and Europe,
would see an increase in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and cancers
(Smith et. al., 2015).
This article is a reliable source because it was published in The Lancet, an international
medical journal. All articles published in this journal are submitted for peer review. Also, the
head author as well as one of the coauthors are senior research scientists at the Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health. The other two contributing authors are affiliated with Tufts
University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy. Both of these are prestigious
research institutes.
This article will be helpful in composing the Evidence of Connection because it will
help to establish that there is a connection between a decline in the honeybee population and
disease preventative food. In the first paragraph of my paper I need to include evidence in the
form of data to support this claim which is included in this article. There are also estimations
related to the economic devastation that will be discussed in the mathematical perspective
section of the CAPS paper.
Article 2: “Contribution of Pollinator-Mediated Crops to Nutrients in the Human Food Supply”
An article published in PLOS One was a cross collaboration between pollination experts
from Germany and nutritional experts from California. The researchers analyzed nutrients found
in crops that require pollination and their percentage in the diet using FOA and USDA databases.
They found that 90% of vitamin C, lycopene, β-cryptoxanthin and β-tocopherol, carotenoids,
calcium, fluoride, and a most folic acid come from pollinated crops. They concluded that the
decline in pollinator populations could make it challenging to meet the populations’ nutrient
needs (Eilers, Kremen, Smith Greenleaf, Garber, & Klein, 2011).
This article is reliable because it was published in PloS One. This journal is an
international multidisciplinary academic journal that evaluates submissions’ methodologies and
ethical standards. The peer reviewers all hold PhDs in various scientific fields. Their
information can be viewed on the website. This article can also be found on PubMed, the largest
academic journal database in the world.
This article will be beneficial in the writing of the transition from The Evidence of
Connection to the first Medical Diagnosis section. The paper includes the specific nutrients that
will be deficient in the diet if foods are not pollinated. It will be important to focus on these
specific nutrients and their role in chronic disease prevention on a biological level for the next
three sections of the Scientific Perspectives paper.
Article 3: “Cardiometabolic disease costs associated with suboptimal diet in the United States:
A cost analysis based on a microsimulation model”
An article published in PloS One Medicine analyzed the impact of 10 dietary factors,
including fruits and vegetables, to estimate the summative total of a diets that do not include
adequate intake of nutrients. Their study found that the cost of a poor diet was approximately
$50 billion per year for cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) including as heart disease, stroke and
type 2 diabetes. The researchers estimate that $9.552 billion and $10.055 billion dollars are spent
on healthcare costs related to CMD due to suboptimal intake of fruits and vegetables respectively
(Jardim et al, 2019).
This article is reliable because it was published in PloS One Medicine. This journal is an
international multidisciplinary academic journal that evaluates submissions’ methodologies and
ethical standards. The peer reviewers all hold PhDs in various scientific fields. Their
information can be viewed on the website. This article can also be found on PubMed, the largest
academic journal database in the world.
In the Economic Burden of the Mathematical Perspectives part of the paper this article
with help to establish the economic burden inadequate fruit and vegetables intake that already
exists. This article provides the estimated healthcare costs which I need to support my argument
that the decline in bee population would create an even greater public health crisis. Because my
topic has two tiers, crops production on health, I will also need to find an article about the
contribution that bees play in the agricultural economy as well to make this section
comprehensive.
Reference
Eilers, E. J., Kremen, C., Smith Greenleaf, S., Garber, A. K., & Klein, A. M. (2011).
Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply. PloS one,
6(6), e21363. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021363
Jardim, T. V., Mozaffarian, D., Abrahams-Gessel, S., Sy, S., Lee, Y., Liu, J., Huang, Y., Rehm,
C., Wilde, P., Micha, R., & Gaziano, T. A. (2019). Cardiometabolic disease costs
associated with suboptimal diet in the United States: A cost analysis based on a
microsimulation model. PLoS medicine, 16(12), e1002981.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002981
Smith, M. R., Singh, G. M., Mozaffarian, D., & Myers, S. S. (2015). Effects of decreases of
animal pollinators on human nutrition and global health: A modelling analysis. The Lancet,
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