Misleading Advertisements?
Completion requirements
For your first activity of the course, you will be finding an advertisement related to sport nutrition. The advertisement could be a video, an ad in a magazine, etc. The advertisement could be for a food product, a supplement, a sports drink/product etc. You will be providing a link to the advertisement or a copy of the advertisement with your post. You will be choosing an advertisement that you think is misleading or that you have an issue with, and you will write a short summary on why you have chosen the advertisement and why you question it.
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Athletes are exposed to advertising everyday on food and nutrition
products. It is important for athletes to be aware of how products are
marketed and how some advertisements may be misleading. In this course
we will be looking at general nutrition, athlete specific nutrition, as
well as sport nutrition in society.
For your first activity of the course, you will be finding an advertisement related to sport nutrition. The advertisement could be a video, an ad in a magazine, etc. The advertisement could be for a food product, a supplement, a sports drink/product etc. You will be providing a link to the advertisement or a copy of the advertisement with your post. You will be choosing an advertisement that you think is misleading or that you have an issue with, and you will write a short summary on why you have chosen the advertisement and why you question it.
- Find an advertisement that you have an issue with, or think misleads athletes into making poor nutritional choices. Ensure the advertisement you use has not been used by another student in the past 14 days.
- Write a post in the forum, and include the following information:
- What is the name of the product, food, restaurant.... ?
- Where did you find the advertisement?
- What are your concerns and/or issues with the advertisement from a 'sport nutrition' perspective? (minimum 3-4 sentences)
- Include a link to the advertisement or a copy of the advertisement in your post
- Please include the product/advertisement type in the Subject of the post. For Example:
-G2: video commercial,
-GNR Protein Powder: print ad
-Chocolate Milk: video commercial
Marking Guide
This assignment is out of 10 marks. Compare your post to the marking guide prior submitting your post.
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- Type a Subject (the forum topic).
- Type a Message (your response).
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