Find an article online, in a magazine, or in any publication that carries nutrit

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Find an article online, in a magazine, or in any publication that carries nutrition news meant for the consumer (People magazine, Reader’s Digest, an online news source or whatever popular magazine you read). Please, no journal articles for this assignment. Using your article, review the evaluation criteria of the CRAAP test Use the CCCOnline Library links, your course materials, and the CRAAP test to write a brief evaluation of your article. Please provide one in-text citation, and make sure to properly cite your article, eText, and any additional sources you use.

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The CRAAP Test contains a list of questions that will help to evaluate the information found on the we. It includes five criteria. They are,

For the purpose of using CRAPP test, I have chosen an online article from Reader's Digest that carries nutrition news meant for the consumers.

Reference: The 5 Most Critical Things to Look for on a Nutrition Label to Prevent Diabetes. Reader's Digest. Available from: http://www.rd.com/health/conditions/nutrition-label-prevent-diabetes/

I have applied each of the five criteria of the CRAPP test to evaluate this information from web.

Currency: It denotes the timeliness of the information. The information was published in 2017. The informtion provided in the source not revised. It is outdated and it needs to be updated. The links provided in the article are functional.

Relevance: It detonotes the importance of the information for our needs. The intended audience are the common public and it provides information at an appropriate level. I have looked at variety of source before determining this one and i will not cite this article in my research work.

Authority: It is the source of information. The author of this article is Lisa Marie Conklin. There is no information regarding the authors credentials,organisational affiliations, contact information and the URL link.

Accuracy: Accuracy means the truthfullness of the content. There is no information about the source article. Further, the information is not being reviewed. The information provided can be verified from other published data. The article is free from spelling, grammar and typographical errors.

Purpose: It is the reason the information exists. The article is to teach and provide awareness about the nutritional facts to the common people. The objective appears to be impartial and there is no religious, political, ideological and personal biases.

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