User:AzlynPorter/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Cabbage soup diet

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I'm working towards my B.S. in Nutrition and have always been interested in "fad diets". I know a decent amount about current diet trends, such as keto, the carnivore diet, veganism, the Mediterranean diet, etc. I remember the hype around these types of extreme diets when I was young, I particularly remember the "banana" diet where you were allowed to eat as many as you wanted, but only bananas. I thought this article would show me if there's any benefit to this diet or not, it's history, and if it's still practiced anywhere in the modern era.

Evaluate the article
The article's introduction does clearly describe the Cabbage soup diet. It does not outwardly point out the sections, but since it is a short article I believe it could be implied. It mentions specifically that 10 pounds can be lost in a week, but this is not elaborated on or mentioned within later sections. It is generally concise, but the part about the amount of weight lost would probably fit better in the background section.

The content of the article seems to be up-to-date in content, but it could use more information on the origins of the diet, or possibly it's resurgence in more recent years.

This article represents this diet in a negative light; there is only a section on criticisms but no section on support. It also says the diet is "radical", and makes the assumption that the recipe used for the diet is "bland" and potentially nauseating.

There are only four references for the article, and I think it needs more. As previously mentioned, the negative comments about the diet such as "bland", "nauseating", and "causing weakness and light-headedness" do not have a source. However, the few references that are available seem to be diverse. They include a chapter from a book, a newspaper article, and two websites. There is likely more research to be found on this topic.

The article is well-written, does not seem to have any grammatical errors, is well organized, and is easy to read.

The only image for this article is a photo of cabbage soup captioned as "cabbage soup". I think this adds some life into the already short article, even if it may be a bit redundant or unnecessary.

There are no discussions on this article's talk page, but it is part of two WikiProjects, "Food and Drink" and "Vegetarianism and Veganism". It's considered start-class and low-importance in both.

Overall I think this article could use a bit more information about the origins of the Cabbage soup diet, a section about support for the diet, a wider variety and amount of references, and a more neutral tone.