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Why nutrition Is so confusing
by Gary Taubes, New York Times, 8 February 2014

Submitted by Bill Peterson

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-===How to read a map===
+[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/why-nutrition-is-so-confusing.html?hp&rref=opinion Why nutrition Is so confusing]<br>
-[http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/on-how-to-read-a-good-map/369257 On how to read a (good) map]<br>
+by Gary Taubes, ''New York Times'', 8 February 2014
-by Dr. Ian Muehlenhaus, ''Directions Magazine'', 27 January 2014
-''Directions'' is an industry magazine covering trends in "geospatial information technology." Dr. Muehlenhaus, who contributed this article, teaches of geography and cartography at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.  He writes, "Just as you shouldn’t trust everything you read or see on television, you should never blindly trust information just because it is on a map."  Replace ''map'' with ''statistical study'' and the same advice applies.
-Muehlenhaus goes on to give the following questions to consider when evaluating a map:
-#Who made the map?
-#What is the purpose of the map? That is, what is the map attempting to communicate?
-#Who is the intended audience? (It is important to remember that the map may not have been designed for you, but a more specialized audience.)
-#Does the map effectively achieve its communication goals? Does it present an interesting story or argument?
-As an example of a good map, the article gives an extended discussion of a NASA map of last fall's Yosemite Rim Fire in California.
 Submitted by Bill Peterson