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Re: For years, Americans have been told to stay away from fat. Feeding the [#permalink]
A. Avoid a no-fat diet, but eat low-fat foods.
this cant be the conclusion of the passage ---there is nothing mentioned about the
preference of one food over other--(incorrect)

B. You will likely eat less if you eat foods with fat.
--this can be true --Foods without fat leave us feeling unsatisfied so we end up eating more than eating food with fat
this is mentioned in the passage but this is not the conclusion of the overall passage (incorrect)

C. Potato chips of any sort are unhealthy.
this cant be the conclusion since passage as a whole is not concerned particularly about potato chips
the passage is concerned about the crisis of obesity (incorrect)

D. The key to weight management is to avoid cravings.
---it is mentioned in the passage that researchers are blaming the fat-free craze for the American crisis of obesity because Foods without fat, they argue, leave us feeling unsatisfied and craving even more food. As a result, we end up eating more , leading to obesity
hence we can conclude that The key to weight management is to avoid cravings (correct)

E. Fat-free foods should be banned from stores.
--passage is concerned about some researchers blaming fat-free food for the crisis of obesity and explaining why they blame fat-free food for this crisis
from passage we cant say anything about whether Fat-free foods should be banned from stores. (incorrect)
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Argument says that food manufacturers have leveraged the fact that many Americans are anxious about their waistline and filled stores with their fat-free/low-fat products. Now there’s another set of researchers who claim fat-free craze being responsible for obesity crisis in America. Their reasoning is that eating fat-free foods leaves people unsatisfied and crave for more food resulting them eating a whole bag of low-fat potato chips instead of half a bag of fat laden potato chips.

The possible conclusion that these researchers are likely to draw is that eating regular food less would help more that eating more fat-free foods to control obesity since they don’t make any other claim.

A. Avoid a no-fat diet, but eat low-fat foods. – WRONG. Half the statement is true and half not. So incorrect.
B. You will likely eat less if you eat foods with fat. – CORRECT. That’s exactly the point these researchers are making with their potato chips example. If people follow the statement, they can counter the obesity problem.
C. Potato chips of any sort are unhealthy. – WRONG. Nothing such sort of is discussed rather the researchers' finding is based upon potato chips only.
D. The key to weight management is to avoid cravings. – WRONG. There’s no such specific claim made by the researchers even though they might suggest that cravings leads to eating more food.
E. Fat-free foods should be banned from stores. – WRONG. Irrelevant. Out of scope.

Answer (B).
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Re: For years, Americans have been told to stay away from fat. Feeding the [#permalink]
The answer is (B)


B. You will likely eat less if you eat foods with fat.

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For years, Americans have been told to stay away from fat. Feeding the market of those anxiously watching their waistlines, food manufacturers have filled grocery store shelves with low-fat and fat-free foods. Now, however, some researchers are blaming the fat-free craze for the American crisis of obesity.

Foods without fat, they argue, leave us feeling unsatisfied and craving even more food. As a result, we end up eating a whole bag of low-fat potato chips when we would have only eaten half a bag of regular (fat-laden) potato chips.

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion that can be drawn from the passage?

A. Avoid a no-fat diet, but eat low-fat foods.
B. You will likely eat less if you eat foods with fat.
C. Potato chips of any sort are unhealthy.
D. The key to weight management is to avoid cravings.
E. Fat-free foods should be banned from stores.


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some researchers are blaming the fat-free craze for the crisis of obesity, because [premise] fat-free foods leave us unsatisfied and craving for more food; as a result, we end up consuming more food; [assumption] eating fat-free food leads to more food intake than eating fatty foods; [conclusion] so, we are likely to eat less if foods contain fat.

Answer (B)
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Re: For years, Americans have been told to stay away from fat. Feeding the [#permalink]
B is the answer. In the argument, it is said that eating fat free foods will leave you unsatisfied and craving more food. It is also stated that such cravings for more food from eating fat free food can lead a person to eat a bag of potato chips while if that same person had eaten potato chips containing fats, he or she would have eaten only half bag of potato chips. It can therefore be concluded that one is likely to eat more if they eat fat free foods compared with foods containing fats.

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Re: For years, Americans have been told to stay away from fat. Feeding the [#permalink]
Foods without fat, they argue, leave us feeling unsatisfied and craving even more food. As a result, we end up eating a whole bag of low-fat potato chips when we would have only eaten half a bag of regular (fat-laden) potato chips.

From above last sentence we can conclude that
You will likely eat less if you eat foods with fat
So OA:B
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Re: For years, Americans have been told to stay away from fat. Feeding the [#permalink]
I'm guessing B.

The main argument the researchers make is "Foods without fat... leave us feeling unsatisfied and craving even more food."

Therefore foods with fat will satisfy us and lessen our cravings.
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For years, Americans have been told to stay away from fat. Feeding the market of those anxiously watching their waistlines, food manufacturers have filled grocery store shelves with low-fat and fat-free foods. Now, however, some researchers are blaming the fat-free craze for the American crisis of obesity.

Foods without fat, they argue, leave us feeling unsatisfied and craving even more food. As a result, we end up eating a whole bag of low-fat potato chips when we would have only eaten half a bag of regular (fat-laden) potato chips.

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion that can be drawn from the passage?

A. Avoid a no-fat diet, but eat low-fat foods.
B. You will likely eat less if you eat foods with fat.
C. Potato chips of any sort are unhealthy.
D. The key to weight management is to avoid cravings.
E. Fat-free foods should be banned from stores.


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Correct Answer: B

The passage argues that foods with little or no fat leave people feeling unsatisfied, so they are likely to eat more than they would of foods that have a substantial fat content. Although the evidence suggests that eating a low-fat diet is better than a no-fat diet (choice a), choice b is a more logical conclusion, especially because the focus in the passage is how much we eat. The health value of potato chips, which are only used as an example, is not discussed, so choice c is incorrect. Choice d is incorrect because the passage suggests that weight control is a matter of what kind of foods people eat, not the suppression of cravings.
The passage does not state that fat-free foods should be banned from stores, so e is not a logical conclusion.
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