Premise : new regulations mandating higher nutrition standards for school meals have a dual goal of improving children's overall health and reducing obesity rates.
Conclusion : despite implementing these changes, and robust demand for school meals, there has not been a noticeable decrease in obesity rates among school-aged children.
A - Out of scope, irrelevant. What happened before the implementation, doesn't really matter. We have to explain what could be the reason that even after implementing this, why is it that obesity did not decrease? ELIMINATE
B - ANSWER. If, Parents and guardians often provide children with additional snacks and meals that are not regulated by the school nutrition standards, then this might be the reason that even after eating healthy school meals, the obesity levels are not coming down. KEEP
C - Languages are irrelevant for this. ELIMINATE
D - "many" could be anywhere between 2-99. And if schools have objected, doesn't mean it's wrong. ELIMINATE
E - Might make it harder, but not impossible. This is a mild answer. ELIMINATE.
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12 Days of Christmas 2024 - 2025 Competition with $40,000 of PrizesPublic Health Official: New regulations mandating higher nutrition standards for school meals were introduced with the dual goals of improving children's overall health and reducing obesity rates. These regulations required that the meals offer a greater variety of foods, including options with lower calorie content, with the ultimate aim of reducing childhood obesity. However, despite implementing these changes, and robust demand for school meals, there has not been a noticeable decrease in obesity rates among school-aged children.
Which of the following would, if true, best explain the discrepancy outlined above?
(A) Before the new regulations were implemented, most school meals met the nutritional guidelines that were in place at that time.
(B) Parents and guardians often provide children with additional snacks and meals that are not regulated by the school nutrition standards.
(C) The new regulations mandate that all school cafeterias implement menus in multiple languages.
(D) Many schools have objected to the introduction of new regulations.
(E) The increase in food variety makes it harder for students to consistently choose healthier options.