What is the role of oligosaccharides

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Principles of Nutrition - Assignment

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The purpose of this assignment is to:

become familiar with an emerging, topical and relevant nutritional issue in Australia;
learn to search for, and critique, peer-reviewed scientific literature;
assist in developing your nutrition communication skills.

You have been employed as a nutrition consultant by a food company that is interested in adding new ingredients to their current range of infant formulae. The ingredients in question are oligosaccharides which include galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), which are intended to simulate oligosaccharides naturally found in breast milk. There is some clinical evidence that these oligosaccharides may assist with the health and wellbeing of infants so they could be an important marketing differential from products made by other companies which don't contain oligosaccharides. The title of your report should be: Oligosaccharides: the case for and against the supplementation of infant formula

The following points need to be covered at some stage in your report:

1. What is the role of oligosaccharides such as galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) and fructooligosaccharides (FOS) in the health and wellbeing of infants and indicate if there are any potential safety issues that may determine upper limits of addition to infant formulas?

2. Outline the weight of scientific evidence for a clinical benefit of oligosaccharide supplementation on infant health and wellbeing compared to formula without oligosaccharides. For this part, you need to take into account both positive (studies that show a benefit) and negative research (studies that didn't show a benefit) and use the literature to develop an argument to inform your conclusion in part 3.

- If evidence is coming from large-scale long-term human randomised-controlled trials (RCTs) then this would be considered stronger evidence than studies conducted in animals or from observational research (such as cohort, case-control or cross-sectional studies).

- Evidence from systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses of RCTs are generally considered to be the highest form of evidence.

- Almost all the references for your report should be coming from peer-reviewed scientific studies. If you mostly use websites as references then expect to be heavily marked down.

- You may need to consider different categories of infants (e.g. term vs pre-term infants) in considering the weight of evidence, but this would be your decision.

- You may want to consider whether these ingredients are permitted in infant formulas in Australia and in overseas markets and investigate the regulatory and/or scientific rationale for their additional.

3. Include a brief summary/final recommendation to the company which is supported by your analysis presented in part 2.

4. Your employer has asked you to summarise your main findings and recommendations from your report for a brief presentation to the company board. The board meets interstate, so you have been asked to record a one minute video summarising your recommendation of whether or not to add oligosaccharides to the infant formula, and the key points of your rationale.

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len1744443

11/30/2017 4:55:43 AM

Search strategy and analysis criteria Clear description of search strategy and criteria for inclusion; clear description of analysis; credibility of sources; accurate citations using Harvard referencing style for every citation. Annotations Report provides a concise, informative and sophisticated description of each source with insights into the key information contained in the source. For example: the context, international/location policy and case studies. Critical review of sources and application to specific contexts Paper provides an excellent critical analysis of each source, and provides sound insights into potential applications of the political economy of health for each source to various contexts. Professional presentation Document is professionally presented, of high quality, well-written using sophisticated language. Well-edited with no spelling, grammar or formatting errors. Document presented in a reader friendly format.

len1744443

11/30/2017 4:55:11 AM

Australian student, Assessment Task 1. You will write an Annotated Bibliography before you commence the intensive unit. This assessment task provides you with an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the international literature on the political economy of health theory and practice and to critically analyse reputable scholarly articles on the topic. You will report on ten reputable sources (including two compulsory sources) and they will typically include peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, grey literature, research reports and reputable websites. The Annotated Bibliography will be approximately 1,000 - 1,200 words. Use Harvard Reference Style. Please use resources list as well as marking rubric to write 1000 words.. and use proper referencing. Thank you.

len1744443

11/30/2017 4:55:05 AM

Your written report can be submitted in either a Word or PDF file format. Your video summary needs to be in a MP4 format. Each file needs to go into its own assignment dropbox. The purpose of this part of the assignment is to: Assist in developing your verbal communication skills for the nutrition discipline; Assist in developing your ability to summarise information and identify key points; Assist in developing your skills in technology use (digital literacy). Clear and concise identification of the role of oligosaccharides in health and wellness of infants.

len1744443

11/30/2017 4:54:59 AM

Thorough and accurate description of safety and dose consideration of oligosaccharide addition to infant formula. Sound, logical argument either supporting or not supporting the use of oligosaccharide supplemented formula over nonsupplemented formula in infants. Excellent supporting evidence for the recommendation with thorough critique of the positive and negative literature. Final recommendation for whether supplementation should or should not occur supported by previously presented argument and evidence. Consistent use of appropriate scientific writing and referencing style suitable for health professionals

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