PHE 210 - Research Paper - Fall 2015: Welcome

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• childhood obesity and physical activity
• childhood obesity and schools
• food deserts and health
• stress and health  
• stress and college students and effects
• nutrition and health and medical costs

How does my topic affect personal life, student life and community life? 

• All research is based on the work of others
• Academic integrity demands that you inform your reader which author’s words, expressions or ideas you are borrowing

• You must acknowledge sources within the text by using parenthetical citations
• Be careful to indicate when you have borrowed exact language by using quotation marks or indenting for a block quote…then cite!
• Paraphrasing means putting the ideas or expressions of an author into your own words. You must also cite paraphrased parts of your paper.
• Make sure to include an accurate List of References showing all of the resources you have used
• Use the APA guide Sixth edition as your style guide. For more information see Purdue Owl: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

• Plagiarism  is theft and considered to be both lying and cheating in all academic communities
• Plagiarism has academic consequences
• Outside of academics plagiarism can result in loss of employment, a lawsuit or in loss of professional credibility

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