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The author concludes that certain lethargy studies don’t settle the question of whether fast food is unhealthy. This is a response to a researcher who concluded that the lethargy studies show fast food is unhealthy. The author points out that even though there is evidence that a rise in lethargy is correlated with an increase in the number of times a typical family eats fast food, the true cause of the increase in lethargy might be a lack of exercise.
The conclusion is the author’s assessment of what the lethargy studies do not prove: “[T]he lethargy studies do not settle the question of whether fast food is unhealthy.”
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The author only suggests that lack of exercise might be a cause of lethargy. He doesn’t say that it is a cause.
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The author never asserts that lack of exercise is required in order for fast food to be a health risk. He only concludes that the lethargy studies are inconclusive on whether fast food is a health risk.
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The author never asserts that fast food is not the main cause of poor health. He only suggests that it might not be the cause of an increase in lethargy.
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The author never asserted that lack of exercise was a “probable” cause of lethargy. He only suggested that it might be a cause.
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This is a paraphrase of the last sentence, which is the conclusion. The “researcher’s conclusion” refers to the researcher’s belief that the studies show fast-food hurts people’s health. The author concludes that the studies do not prove that belief.
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