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Summary of the Journal Article
A research was undertaken to examine the fruit eating habits of the children in elementary and middle schools. This research showed that apart from general hatred among the children for fruits, there are certain other reasons which turn to affect their eating habits, psychologically. One of them was spotted as the form in which the fruits are presented. Researchers said, on average slice cut fruits are more liked by the children as compared to whole fruits. In this experiment, three of six schools were allotted randomly to serve apples in cuts. The variable set was the amount of fruit intake by the students in the schools. Three control schools served apples as a whole, in their cafeterias. Determination, utilization, and misuse of apples were measured before and amid treatment. (Robert, Washington) This result suggested the key finding that in the schools where slice-cut pieces were served, the fruit eating students’ percentage increased by 71% as compared to the schools which served whole fruits. This study applies the rule of accommodation from behavioral financial aspects and gives a case of an adaptable, easy ecological change that advances adherence to a good diet and declines waste.
Summary of Journalist’s Article
From the start the journalist has made an engaging tone. Starting with the fact that although new nutrition standards impress upon getting more fruit intake for the students yet students don’t like them at all, make the article interacting. Then, sorting the reasons for which fruits are avoided by the children make the article livelier. The journalist then explains the whole experiment in her own terms, after having stated the above mentioned facts. This approach allures the reader and he or she tends to get more information of this research. In the last Sarina Kumar states the impact of convenient ways on the behavior of human nature. Thus, whole research is summarized aptly by the journalist in a concise and enticing way.
Analysis of Journalist’s Article
What did the author did wrong?
In the field of journalism, it has become a malicious ritual to intensify the case so that a bit more views or ratings can be obtained. To do this, the journalists go beyond every extent without caring about the deterioration they might be doing to the society. Same has been done in this article. Although the journalist has described the research very well but in order to testify her claim about the slice cut fruits, she has got the figures incorrect. The schools used in the experiment done by the researchers in the original article were six in number but the journalist while describing it, wrote them to be eight. Moreover, average fruit eating rate in the schools under experimentation was increased by 71 % in the original article but the journalists wrote it to be 60.6%. (Sarina, 2015) Such mistakes, when taken into account by the Layman reading the article can cause serious misunderstandings and can do more harm than good in the long run.
What did the Journalist get wrong and why?
In the ending paragraph of the article, using the word “aka sectionizers in your lunchroom today” affects the sense of the article since it has been informative right from the beginning and saying that makes a childish sense in the end. Although this study showed that cut fruits are more liked by the children but saying it that you may use the sectionizers conveys a bad sense. Hence, she could have made the last paragraph more appealing rather than just trying to mock a sense of humorous motivation among the readers.
What might the journalist have said differently?
In last paragraph of the article, the journalist could have explained the future horizons of this study. She could have told about some related theories which could be considered in the research’s results. In this way the journalist could have made the last part of her article more appealing.
Did the journalist leave details out?
The journalist left the intervention part of the research in which the ways to conduct this research were mentioned. This could have been useful for any group which wanted to do the same research somewhere else. The explanation of the intervention like the fruit suppliers, the researchers and the participants could have elaborated more details of the research.

References
Sarina, K. (2015). “Slice It Up: Serving Pre-Cut Fruit can Increase Fruit Consumption.” Extension
Roberto A. Ferdman. “A clever tweak to how apples are sold is making everyone eat more of them.” The Washington Post.
Wansink, Brian, David R. Just, Andrew S. Hanks, Laura E. Smith. (2013). “Pre-Sliced Fruit in School Cafeterias: Children's Selection and Intake.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 44(5): 477-480