LSAT 104 – Section 4 – Question 16

LSAT 104 - Section 4 - Question 16

December 1998

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158
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149
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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. This recommendation was, however, dangerous to health.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that nutrition educated was dangerous to health. She provides no support for this claim.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes there’s some reason why nutrition education was dangerous to health. This likely has to do with the division of foods into the four food groups.

A
The division into four groups gave the impression that an equal amount of each should be consumed, but milk and meat tend to contain fats that promote heart disease and cancer and should be eaten in lesser amounts.
Not all foods should be consumed in equal amounts, yet the “four food groups” idea suggested just this. Thus, nutrition education was dangerous to health.
B
The omission of fish, which contains beneficial oils, from the names of groups in the list gave the erroneous impression that it is less healthy as a food than is red meat.
The food groups omitted foods that were actually healthy. That’s not good for health.
C
A healthy diet should include the consumption of several different fruits and vegetables daily, but the recommendation was often interpreted as satisfied by the consumption of a single serving of a fruit or vegetable.
Healthy diets have a mix of fruits and vegetables, but the four food groups suggested simply eating a couple carrots every day would cut it. That’s not the case.
D
The recommendation that some food from the fruit and vegetable group be consumed daily constituted a reminder not to neglect this group, which provides needed vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Here’s a benefit of the food guide. We’re looking for the opposite.
E
Encouraging the daily consumption of some product from each of the four food groups gave the impression that eating in that manner is sufficient for a healthy diet, but eating in that manner is consistent with the overconsumption of sweets and fats.
The “four food groups” idea gave the impression that a healthy diet is simply a matter of eating dairy, meat, fruits, and grains. Such diets are in fact often terrible.

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