Recall that Dr. David Holben, the nutrition professor featured at ...

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Recall that Dr. David Holben, the nutrition professor featured at the beginning of this chapter, changed his major from chemistry to nutrition soon after going to college. Now is also a good time for you to determine which field of study suits you best. What other majors might be of interest to you? How would you find out about their requirements?

Question 2

Dr. David Holben, whom you met in the Everybody Has a Story piece, studies food availability in poor communities. For example, he recently published a study on the use of food pantries in Ohio. Using what you now know about how nutritional scientists conduct their research using scientific method and publish it in peer-reviewed journals, can you locate this article on the PubMed database and then determine whether Dr. Holbens study used an epidemiological or intervention study design?
  Do you agree with Dr. Holbens conclusions?

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Answer to Question 1

To discover the other majors offered at your University or College, use the online academic catalog. The academic catalog will list the offerings of majors and the requirements for each major. In addition to finding out about the requirements for each major, set an appointment with your academic advisor and develop an outline to complete the major requirements in a reasonable amount of time. Some major requirements are not offered every term and, possibly, not every year, so it takes careful planning to construct a schedule and graduate in a timely manner.

Answer to Question 2

In David Holbens study, a convenient sample of households of children (N=710) were surveyed using an eighteen-question U.S. Household Food Security survey module for measuring hunger and food insecurity. This type of research method, using a survey, is an epidemiological study design.
Dr. David Hoblen concluded that hunger was related to a variety of household characteristics and associated with several factors, including participation in food banks, dependence on family members and friends outside of the household for food, lacking reliable transportation, and not having a garden.
Yes, I would agree with Dr. Holbens conclusions.