User:SNova04/Evaluate an Article

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Healthy diet

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
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I am a believer in consuming a healthy diet, and eating a variety of foods within certain perimeters of a healthy diet. I also believe that diet can help to alleviate symptoms of certain disease or prevent them all together.

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Overall this article does seem to be written in a neutral tone throughout, and there are many points that are included, which is great. The lead is written very concisely, as it seems some other sections were as well. This particular article is listed in three different Wikiprojects, and has a B class and C class depending on the project. They all however, have a top, high or mid importance. Surprisingly, there doesn’t seem to be much conversation happening in the talk page, though when you click on the various projects you can see some conversation start there. Interestingly, this article was in a discussion to be deleted in 2008, but it was ultimately decided in the talk to keep it. There is room to be concerned with either a quote used inaccurately, or the contribution under “Marion Nestle” is not neutrally written. What I am referencing states “ ...the basic ideas behind my four precepts have not changed...” as I am specifically looking at “my.” To be neutral is void of using I, my, you, they, etc.

The room for improvement that I see is in the section under disease specific diets. There should also be a subsection on Diabetes as this is a disease that affects many throughout the population in the world, and requires a low/no sugar diet. (https://www.diabetes.org/healthy-living/recipes-nutrition) There should also be a mention for iron defeciceny anemia, as a high in red meat diet may be beneficial for those people. (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/iron-deficiency-anemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355034) In addition, this article could mention the variations between what “WHO, pyramid, etc” and a vegetarian, vegan, and pescatarian diet as well. Often these are not referred to as unhealthy, though they may need to be fortified with supplements. In addition, it should be noted that a “Fad diet” can sometimes consist of a diet intended to help treat a specific disease, and while that would be healthy for them, it is not always recommended for the general public (i.e. ketogenic diet.)

Most of the sources work, though I have noticed that the ISBN in number 48 doesn’t seem to be functional to a direct link. It sends you to Wikipedia’s book sources, but seems to send you in a circle from there. If an image is recommended, there is the perfect spot to include a nutrition label in the section “Public Health.” There have also been updates the nutrition labels mentioned in this section, therefore this mention can also be updated. https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/changes-nutrition-facts-label The sources are from a variety of authors and a mix between journals, government organizations, books, and encyclopedias.