As well as diabetes and heart disease, obesity can lead to

Question

As well as diabetes and heart disease, obesity can lead to dangerously   high levels of low-density lipoproteins, or "bad" cholesterol, in blood and body tissues.

A) As well as diabetes and heart disease, obesity can lead to dangerously
 B) In addition to diabetes and heart disease, obesity can lead to dangerous
 C) Besides diabetes and heart disease, obesity also can lead to dangerously
 D) Obesity can lead not only to diabetes and heart disease but also to dangerously
 E) Obesity can lead to not only diabetes and heart disease but also to dangerous

Please explain your answers

Nihit · Answer

Between A and B , I'll stick with A although its awkward. Between dangerous and dangerously, I think dangerously should be used.

Nihit · Answer

man! i should jump into bed now( 4 am for me ) , not even reading the sentences properly. It should be D . not only A and B but also X and Y is correctly used here .

linau1982 · Answer

this is an interesting question. While D looks gramatically correct, it changes the original meaning of the sentence (just as C and E do)- obesity leads to  diabetes, heart disease and dangerously high levels of low-density lipoproteins. While A and B says that  diabetes, heart disease and obesitry lead to  dangerously high levels of low-density lipoproteins. I'd stay with A.

bigtreezl · Answer

didnt catch that! but i was torn between A and D

icandy · Answer

Exactly, That is my issue with this Q. I will post the OA's & OE's once we have enough discussion

ventivish · Answer

I would choose D For me except A all the remaining sentences have the same meaning. Obesity leads to diabetes, heartdisease and dangerously high .................. Answer choice A is confusing.

scthakur · Answer

The original question distorts the meaning of the sentence. Diabetes and heart disease cannot lead to high LDL. Instead, the sentence is trying to convey that it is obesity that leads to diabetes, heart disease as well as high LDL.

Hence, A, B and C are out. Between D and E, D uses the idiom correctly. Hence D.

selvae · Answer

i have a tie between B and E

It is a modifier question, the hint here is Adverb dangerously, which verb this adverb is modifying, is it lead? Nope.

it is supposed to modify Highlevels, so it should be Adjective.

Interestingly, E is not parellel 
Obesity can lead to  not only  diabetes and heart disease  but also to  dangerous

so i would go for B.

Any comments.
please post OA

Av · Answer

D.

The message that I believe the author is trying to convey is:
"As well as diabetes and heart disease, obesity can [also] lead to dangerously high levels..."

That's probably not a very good explanation, but that's how I read the sentence

reply2spg · Answer

A says that all three things will lead to "high levels of low-density lipoproteins, or "bad" cholesterol" while D says that only obesity leads to all things, which is wrong I guess. therefore I am still with A.

What is OA.

As well as diabetes and heart disease, obesity can lead to

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