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Soda Company Executive: Many people feel that people's heavy consumption of sugar-sweetened soda is to blame for the high rate of obesity seen in people today. However, even as the percentage of people who are obese has been climbing, the total amount of soda consumed per year has been declining. Therefore, it is clear that soda is not the culprit.
Which of the following is an assumption upon which the argument depends?
A) The decrease in soda consumption is not largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda.
B) The results of some studies have indicated that consumption of diet soda, which contains no sugar, can contribute to excessive weight gain.
C) A person cannot regularly consume large amounts of soda without eventually becoming obese.
D) It can take years of regular consumption of sugar for a person to become obese as a result of sugar consumption.
E) Lack of exercise, rather than intake of foods that contain relatively large quantities of sugar, is the primary factor underlying the high rate of obesity in people.
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Which of the following is an assumption upon which the argument depends?
A) The decrease in soda consumption is not largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda.
B) The results of some studies have indicated that consumption of diet soda, which contains no sugar, can contribute to excessive weight gain.
C) A person cannot regularly consume large amounts of soda without eventually becoming obese.
D) It can take years of regular consumption of sugar for a person to become obese as a result of sugar consumption.
E) Lack of exercise, rather than intake of foods that contain relatively large quantities of sugar, is the primary factor underlying the high rate of obesity in people.
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Soda Company Executive: Many people feel that people's heavy consumption of sugar-sweetened soda is to blame for the high rate of obesity seen in people today. However, even as the percentage of people who are obese has been climbing, the total amount of soda consumed per year has been declining. Therefore, it is clear that soda is not the culprit.
Which of the following is an assumption upon which the argument depends?
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Explanation :
Conclusion - soda is not the culprit.
* Falsification Scenario - Under what Circumstances The soda will be the culprit for the high rate of Obesity ?
Ans to falsification- If people consuming Sweet soda heavily have greater chance of obesity.
So our assumption will be- If the declined consumers of sweetened soda per year are not declined from heavily consumer but by the people who were already consuming less soda & now they might have completely quit having soda.
A) The decrease in soda consumption is not largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda.- Very close to our assuption
Negate this statement- The decrease in soda consumption is largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda... In that case, it will contribute to decline in the soda consumption per year & so the conclusion will not hold.
So A is the correct option.
B) The results of some studies have indicated that consumption of diet soda, which contains no sugar, can contribute to excessive weight gain. (In the argument, Diet soda is not mentioned anywhere- Out of scope)
C) A person cannot regularly consume large amounts of soda without eventually becoming obese. ( It is weakening the executive's conclusion, can not be the right assumption).
D) It can take years of regular consumption of sugar for a person to become obese as a result of sugar consumption. (Too wide, There is no mention of no. of years & even if it takes years of regular consumption, the Sweetened soda can be a culprit. It is weakening the concussion).
E) Lack of exercise, rather than the intake of foods that contain relatively large quantities of sugar, is the primary factor underlying the high rate of obesity in people. (Inappropriate comparison as per the given argument .... comparison of Intake of food with lack of exercise is out of the scope of argument)
Which of the following is an assumption upon which the argument depends?
*
Explanation :
Conclusion - soda is not the culprit.
* Falsification Scenario - Under what Circumstances The soda will be the culprit for the high rate of Obesity ?
Ans to falsification- If people consuming Sweet soda heavily have greater chance of obesity.
So our assumption will be- If the declined consumers of sweetened soda per year are not declined from heavily consumer but by the people who were already consuming less soda & now they might have completely quit having soda.
A) The decrease in soda consumption is not largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda.- Very close to our assuption
Negate this statement- The decrease in soda consumption is largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda... In that case, it will contribute to decline in the soda consumption per year & so the conclusion will not hold.
So A is the correct option.
B) The results of some studies have indicated that consumption of diet soda, which contains no sugar, can contribute to excessive weight gain. (In the argument, Diet soda is not mentioned anywhere- Out of scope)
C) A person cannot regularly consume large amounts of soda without eventually becoming obese. ( It is weakening the executive's conclusion, can not be the right assumption).
D) It can take years of regular consumption of sugar for a person to become obese as a result of sugar consumption. (Too wide, There is no mention of no. of years & even if it takes years of regular consumption, the Sweetened soda can be a culprit. It is weakening the concussion).
E) Lack of exercise, rather than the intake of foods that contain relatively large quantities of sugar, is the primary factor underlying the high rate of obesity in people. (Inappropriate comparison as per the given argument .... comparison of Intake of food with lack of exercise is out of the scope of argument)
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Conclusion: Soda is not the culprit for the high rate of obesity observed.
Evidence used to support the conclusion: even as the percentage of people who are obese has been climbing, the total amount of soda consumed per year has been declining.
A) The decrease in soda consumption is not largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda. - In other words, the "decrease" did not result from a reduced consumption of soda by those people who were already consuming very little soda prior to the 'reduction'. If this were false, i.e, if the decrease in soda consumption was caused by those who were already considered ''low soda consumers'', then it would mean that a significant number of obese people still continue to consume large quantities of soda; therefore, you cannot weaken the link between heavy soda consumption and high rates of obesity.
(A) is need to support the conclusion cited. For this reason, (A) is the right answer choice.
B) The results of some studies have indicated that consumption of diet soda, which contains no sugar, can contribute to excessive weight gain.
C) A person cannot regularly consume large amounts of soda without eventually becoming obese.
D) It can take years of regular consumption of sugar for a person to become obese as a result of sugar consumption.
E) Lack of exercise, rather than intake of foods that contain relatively large quantities of sugar, is the primary factor underlying the high rate of obesity in people.
Evidence used to support the conclusion: even as the percentage of people who are obese has been climbing, the total amount of soda consumed per year has been declining.
A) The decrease in soda consumption is not largely the result of a reduction in consumption of soda by people who were already consuming little soda. - In other words, the "decrease" did not result from a reduced consumption of soda by those people who were already consuming very little soda prior to the 'reduction'. If this were false, i.e, if the decrease in soda consumption was caused by those who were already considered ''low soda consumers'', then it would mean that a significant number of obese people still continue to consume large quantities of soda; therefore, you cannot weaken the link between heavy soda consumption and high rates of obesity.
(A) is need to support the conclusion cited. For this reason, (A) is the right answer choice.
B) The results of some studies have indicated that consumption of diet soda, which contains no sugar, can contribute to excessive weight gain.
C) A person cannot regularly consume large amounts of soda without eventually becoming obese.
D) It can take years of regular consumption of sugar for a person to become obese as a result of sugar consumption.
E) Lack of exercise, rather than intake of foods that contain relatively large quantities of sugar, is the primary factor underlying the high rate of obesity in people.
