User:Yassin.r

About me
My name is Yassin Roberts. I am a student at Everett Community College. I am currently majoring in Nursing. I love to take of people and help vulnerable people. My goal is to be a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). I come from a very big family. I was raised by both of my grandmothers and they mean the world to me. My hobbies include cooking eating, watching netflix, exercising and getting my nails done. I began cooking at a very early age and its always been a passion of mine. On Sunday nights, I host dinners at my apartment and I invite my close friends and family to come over and eat. Food is an amazing way to bring people together. It provides you with the nutrients that your body needs to function properly. Fruits and vegetables incorporated in to your diet could significantly reduce the chances of heart disease, stroke and heart attack. I hope to someday open a restaurant and create recipes that people will love and enjoy.

My Wikipedia Interest
I use Wikipedia for almost all school work activities. This is a good source to get information about almost everything. I like using this website to look up information about history, politics and science. Wikipedia is very easy to navigate and provides a lot of help information even if it is not completely accurate. I will be using this content to gather up important information, to do research, learn some new information as well as sharing with the public. I hope to meet new people who have the same interest as I do and hopefully we could work together in the future on some projects.

Article Evaluation
Over the past few months my interest in healthy dieting have increased significantly due to my recent health problems. Healthy diet means eating a variety of foods that provides your body with the essential nutrients it requires to perform daily functions. These nutrients include vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrates and low fat dairy products. All of the nutrients above could be obtained from fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats and  seafood etc. I visited the article “Healthy diet” on Wikipedia and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: its global emphasis, its neutral coverage, and its links to reliable sources.

Global emphasis
Obesity is a huge problem in the United States and worldwide affecting millions of children and adolescents leading to severe and deadly health problems. This article does not do a good job discussing the issue as it related to global populations outside of the United States. I have not seen any reference to that. The article mainly focuses on the benefits of eating healthy. For example, a healthier diet will lower your chances of being obese and it will improve your longevity. According to the article, “A diet high in fruit and vegetables appears to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease and death, but not cancer.” It is important for parents to start teaching your children from an early age to eat healthy. Millions of children in the United States  and around the are obese because of the uncontrolled availability of fast and junk foods. Healthy foods tend to be very expensive and people from lower income backgrounds cannot afford to eat healthy. Fast foods are very cheap and delicious so many families depend on it for survival.

Neutral coverage
The article does an amazing job not being biased. It mostly just states the facts and points out some very important information about the benefits of having a healthy diet. It just states the facts and it doesn't try to favor any side. A big takeaway from this article is that we need to make healthy foods affordable so that everyone can have access to it. This will help cut down the health care costs, increase longevity, improve memory and save lives.

Reliable sources
There are a lot of reliable sources in this article. The article cites sources like The World Health Organization (WHO), The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Harvard School of Public Health. There are several other sources that article cites that I didn't mention as well. It provides you with the direct link to these websites which makes it easier to fact check. The article mentions how the World Health Organization recommends that we eat approximately the same amount of calories our bodies are using, to reduce our fat intake, eat at least 400 grams of fruits and vegetables daily, reduce our sugar intake and also to reduce our sodium intake by eating less than 5 grams a day. Healthy diet promotes better health and it reduces one's chances of developing obesity which leads to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, cancer and atherosclerosis.