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Nutritionist Claim: It has been proposed that to combat rising obesity rates among teenagers, schools should strictly regulate the snack options available in school cafeterias. Critics argue that teenagers will just bring less healthy snacks from home if they want them. However, a recent study shows that the average consumption of unhealthy snacks by teenagers at school is less than two items per week, suggesting that teenagers do not heavily consume these products at school anyway. Thus, regulating school cafeteria offerings would not significantly impact overall teenage snack consumption.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously call into question the nutritionist's conclusion?
A. Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
B. Many schools already limit the sale of certain types of unhealthy snacks, but they remain available through vending machines not controlled by the cafeteria.
C. Health education classes that discuss dietary choices can influence teenagers to make healthier eating decisions, independent of the school cafeteria offerings.
D. The study measured only the snacks consumed within school hours and did not account for additional consumption immediately before or after school.
E. Teenagers often skip meals at home, which increases their likelihood of consuming snacks, both healthy and unhealthy, during school hours.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously call into question the nutritionist's conclusion?
A. Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
B. Many schools already limit the sale of certain types of unhealthy snacks, but they remain available through vending machines not controlled by the cafeteria.
C. Health education classes that discuss dietary choices can influence teenagers to make healthier eating decisions, independent of the school cafeteria offerings.
D. The study measured only the snacks consumed within school hours and did not account for additional consumption immediately before or after school.
E. Teenagers often skip meals at home, which increases their likelihood of consuming snacks, both healthy and unhealthy, during school hours.
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Nutritionist Claim: It has been proposed that to combat rising obesity rates among teenagers, schools should strictly regulate the snack options available in school cafeterias. Critics argue that teenagers will just bring less healthy snacks from home if they want them. However, a recent study shows that the average consumption of unhealthy snacks by teenagers at school is less than two items per week, suggesting that teenagers do not heavily consume these products at school anyway. Thus, regulating school cafeteria offerings would not significantly impact overall teenage snack consumption.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously call into question the nutritionist's conclusion?
A. Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
B. Many schools already limit the sale of certain types of unhealthy snacks, but they remain available through vending machines not controlled by the cafeteria.
C. Health education classes that discuss dietary choices can influence teenagers to make healthier eating decisions, independent of the school cafeteria offerings.
D. The study measured only the snacks consumed within school hours and did not account for additional consumption immediately before or after school.
E. Teenagers often skip meals at home, which increases their likelihood of consuming snacks, both healthy and unhealthy, during school hours.
Correct Answer: D. The study measured only the snacks consumed within school hours and did not account for additional consumption immediately before or after school.
D) questions the quality of the study referenced by the nutritionist and therefore questions the whole conclusion. For example, students may be buying snacks to eat after school or buying them at school but consuming them after school or before school starts. Thus, if the study overlooked snacks that were eaten just outside of school hours but are potentially influenced by school offerings and availability, then the conclusion that regulating snacks at school would not affect overall consumption would be false.
A. Incorrect. Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
If you have answered A) - congratulations you fell for the trap and answered the wrong question. Please read the prompt carefully.
A) is the OPPOSITE of what we need. A) says is that if you don’t have unhealthy snacks in the cafeteria, students will just find them at home, a statement that agrees with the conclusion that regulating snacks at school is futile.... but that's not our answer. The answer we are looking for is to question the conclusion (not to support it) thus this answer choice is exactly opposite of what we are looking for. Eliminate.
B. Incorrect. Many schools already limit the sale of certain types of unhealthy snacks, but they remain available through vending machines not controlled by the cafeteria.
This option also strengthens the argument that it is pointless and futile to regulate snacks in the cafeteria; it does not question the argument. Eliminate.
C. Incorrect. Health education classes that discuss dietary choices can influence teenagers to make healthier eating decisions, independent of the school cafeteria offerings.
This statement is a distraction that does not tackle the main argument that regulating snacks in the school cafeteria is futile.
E. Incorrect. Teenagers often skip meals at home, which increases their likelihood of consuming snacks, both healthy and unhealthy, during school hours.
E) talks about snacking in general, and not specific enough. It is worth examining to make sure it does not throw a wrench into the whole argument, but we will quickly see that really touch the argument. We just know that teenagers are more likely to snack but we don’t know if they would be choosing healthy or unhealthy snacks. If anything, this choice strengthens the argument that regulating snacks is pointless since it implies that teenagers snack a lot and we know that they only consume unhealthy snacks twice a week during school, therefore, clearly students are choosing healthy snacks on 3 out of 5 school days, meaning they are already making healthy choices at school and regulating snacks in the cafeteria would not make much of a difference as they would get snacks outside of school. Eliminate.
Answer: D
Nutritionist Claim: It has been proposed that to combat rising obesity rates among teenagers, schools should strictly regulate the snack options available in school cafeterias. Critics argue that teenagers will just bring less healthy snacks from home if they want them. However, a recent study shows that the average consumption of unhealthy snacks by teenagers at school is less than two items per week, suggesting that teenagers do not heavily consume these products at school anyway. Thus, regulating school cafeteria offerings would not significantly impact overall teenage snack consumption.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously call into question the nutritionist's conclusion?
A. Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
B. Many schools already limit the sale of certain types of unhealthy snacks, but they remain available through vending machines not controlled by the cafeteria.
C. Health education classes that discuss dietary choices can influence teenagers to make healthier eating decisions, independent of the school cafeteria offerings.
D. The study measured only the snacks consumed within school hours and did not account for additional consumption immediately before or after school.
E. Teenagers often skip meals at home, which increases their likelihood of consuming snacks, both healthy and unhealthy, during school hours.
Correct Answer: D. The study measured only the snacks consumed within school hours and did not account for additional consumption immediately before or after school.
D) questions the quality of the study referenced by the nutritionist and therefore questions the whole conclusion. For example, students may be buying snacks to eat after school or buying them at school but consuming them after school or before school starts. Thus, if the study overlooked snacks that were eaten just outside of school hours but are potentially influenced by school offerings and availability, then the conclusion that regulating snacks at school would not affect overall consumption would be false.
A. Incorrect. Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
If you have answered A) - congratulations you fell for the trap and answered the wrong question. Please read the prompt carefully.
A) is the OPPOSITE of what we need. A) says is that if you don’t have unhealthy snacks in the cafeteria, students will just find them at home, a statement that agrees with the conclusion that regulating snacks at school is futile.... but that's not our answer. The answer we are looking for is to question the conclusion (not to support it) thus this answer choice is exactly opposite of what we are looking for. Eliminate.
B. Incorrect. Many schools already limit the sale of certain types of unhealthy snacks, but they remain available through vending machines not controlled by the cafeteria.
This option also strengthens the argument that it is pointless and futile to regulate snacks in the cafeteria; it does not question the argument. Eliminate.
C. Incorrect. Health education classes that discuss dietary choices can influence teenagers to make healthier eating decisions, independent of the school cafeteria offerings.
This statement is a distraction that does not tackle the main argument that regulating snacks in the school cafeteria is futile.
E. Incorrect. Teenagers often skip meals at home, which increases their likelihood of consuming snacks, both healthy and unhealthy, during school hours.
E) talks about snacking in general, and not specific enough. It is worth examining to make sure it does not throw a wrench into the whole argument, but we will quickly see that really touch the argument. We just know that teenagers are more likely to snack but we don’t know if they would be choosing healthy or unhealthy snacks. If anything, this choice strengthens the argument that regulating snacks is pointless since it implies that teenagers snack a lot and we know that they only consume unhealthy snacks twice a week during school, therefore, clearly students are choosing healthy snacks on 3 out of 5 school days, meaning they are already making healthy choices at school and regulating snacks in the cafeteria would not make much of a difference as they would get snacks outside of school. Eliminate.
Answer: D
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Conclusion is: regulating school cafeteria offerings would not significantly impact overall teenage snack consumption.
Option A: Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
According to the option, if school cafeteria offerings are regulated, teenagers are likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home. This can imply that teenagers who did not have unhealthy snacks at school might start having them at home just because of the perception of lack of desirable options.
This could imply that overall teenage snack consumption would increase.
Option A: Teenagers are more likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home if they perceive a lack of desirable options at school.
According to the option, if school cafeteria offerings are regulated, teenagers are likely to consume unhealthy snacks at home. This can imply that teenagers who did not have unhealthy snacks at school might start having them at home just because of the perception of lack of desirable options.
This could imply that overall teenage snack consumption would increase.
