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The National Institute on Ageing in America avoids fatty foods, since they contribute to obesity and dementia.
A. The National Institute on Ageing in America avoids fatty foods, since they contribute to obesity and dementia.
B. The National Institute on Ageing in America advises people to avoid fatty foods, since they contribute to obesity and dementia.
C. Avoid fatty foods, since they contribute to obesity and dementia says The National Institute on Ageing in America.
D. The National Institute on Ageing in America advises people to avoid fatty foods, as they would be contributing to obesity and dementia.
E. The National Institute on Ageing in America has suggested avoidance of fatty food, as it contributes to obesity and dementia.
The right answer is 'B'.
A. The sentence gives a wrong meaning. It says the Institute avoids fatty food which isn't the case.
C. In sentence correction, sentence starting with Subject is given greater preference over Verb.
D. Also, fatty foods' contribution to obesity and dementia is the cause, which is a fact and already happens ( maybe known through research ). The effect of this is National Institute on Ageing in America advising people to avoid taking fatty food. In this sentence, it's saying it would happen in future ( would be ).
E. fatty foods is a category that represents set of foods. It's not a singular, distinguishable food. Hence, right word would be foods and not singular food.