Prepare your audio commentary focusing on the following points:

• What are nutritional adequacy and air quality?
• How are nutritional adequacy and air quality of a country/region measured?
• How do nutritional adequacy and air quality status determine the risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases for the chosen country/region?
• What communicable and non-communicable diseases are commonly associated with a lack of nutritional adequacy? With a lack of good air quality?
• What are the estimated long-term effects if these two issues are not addressed?
• How does the country/region respond to these two pressing issues?
• What are some recommendations that can be made to have a better nutritional adequacy profile and air quality status?

Step 3. Record

Record a 4-10 minute audio commentary covering all the points discussed in Step 2. 

Step 4. Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you’ve provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item E is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….