The Gatorade Sports Science Institute publishes reports (not actual research articles) regarding research focused on nutrition and athletic outcomes. Keep in mind that these articles are not acceptable for your vitamin and mineral reports.
I am not thrilled about the biased nature of this research but I want you to critically evaluate the studies in this section. Your assignment is to go to their website and find an article related to nutrition and athletic performance http://www.gssiweb.org/en/publications/all (Links to an external site.)
Search Sports Science Exchange for possible topics or select the Sports Nutrition option and pick a topic.
Report back to the class what you learned from your article including:
What was being researched, how was the study designed, how many people participated in the study and what were the results of the study?
You might also want to comment on limitations to the study and other thoughts you might have about what you read.
Some of the reports will look at multiple studies and you can comment on that, as well.
Make sure that you compare what you read in the report to what you have read in class or at another website.
Lastly, comment on how this information might cause you to change the way that you are eating or what you might recommend to your friends who are athletes.