Self-study
Nutrition education in schools once promoted daily consumption of food from each of the "four food groups": milk, meat, fruit and vegetables, and breads and cereals. ████ ██████████████ ████ ████████ █████████ ██ ███████
Summarize Argument
The author does not make an argument, but simply states the claim that nutrition education based on daily consumption of the "four food groups" was dangerous to health.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes there’s some reason why this type of nutrition education was dangerous to health. This may have to do with the division of foods into the four food groups, or neglect of another important food group.
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Each of the following, if █████ ████████ ███████ ███ ███ ████████ █████ ███████
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Not all foods should be consumed in equal amounts, yet the four food groups model gave the opposite impression. This supports the author's claim.
b
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The four food groups model omitted some foods that were healthy. That’s not good for health, which supports the author's critique.
c
A healthy diet ██████ ███████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███████ █████████ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ███ ███ ██████████████ ███ █████ ███████████ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ █ ██████ ███████ ██ █ █████ ██ ██████████
The four food groups model was taken to mean that people didn't need a healthy mix of fruit and vegetables, which would then risk their health. This supports the author's claim.
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Here’s a benefit of the food groups model. This weaken’s the author’s argument by pointing out how this style of education actually improved people's diets.
e
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The four food groups gave the impression that a particular type of unhealthy diet was actually healthy. That supports the author's claim that this type of education harmed health.