Nutritionist: A study revealed that although most adults estimated their diets to correspond closely with the recommendations of standard nutritional guidelines, most of their diets did not come close to those recommendations. Both women and men underestimated the amount of fat in their diets and overestimated their intake of most other foods. In most food categories, especially fruits and vegetables, women’s diets did not meet the recommendations. Men underestimated their fat intake by half, and though they met the recommendations for breads, they fell short in all other categories.
Summary
A study concluded that most adult’s diets do not conform to standard nutritional guidelines. This is despite most adults estimating that their diets conform closely with the guidelines. Women and men underestimate the amount of fat in their diets and overestimate their intake of other foods. Women’s diets did not meet guidelines in most food categories, especially fruits and vegetables. Men met the guidelines’ recommendations for breads, but underestimated their fat intake by half and did not meet guidelines in all other categories.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Most men in the study did not consume the amount of fruits and vegetables recommended by standard nutritional guidelines.
A
Both men and women in the study misjudged their compliance with the nutritional guidelines in every food category.
This answer is anti-supported. We know from the stimulus that most men in the study met the nutritional guidelines for breads.
B
In the study, more men than women were aware that in some food categories their diet failed to reflect the recommendations closely.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know whether more men than women were aware of their shortfalls when it comes to the standard nutritional guidelines. We only know that most of the adults in the study overestimated their compliance with the guidelines.
C
Women in the study were more aware than men were of the recommended intake of breads.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether women’s bread intake complied with the guidelines. It’s possible that women complied with the recommended intake of breads, but it’s equally possible that they did not.
D
Men in the study estimated their daily intake of fruits and vegetables to be significantly lower than it in fact was.
This answer is anti-supported. We know from the stimulus that men overestimated their intake of most food categories. To estimate your intake as lower than it actually is would be an underestimation, not an overestimation.
E
Most men in the study did not consume the amounts of fruits and vegetables that the nutritional guidelines recommend.
This answer is strongly supported. We know from the stimulus that men met the recommendations for bread and fell short in all other categories. Therefore, men must not have met the recommended guidelines for fruits and vegetables.
A
The ingredients used in the manufacture of brand-name drugs cost no more than the ingredients used to produce their generic counterparts.
B
Generic drugs are no more likely than brand-name drugs to suffer from defects in composition.
C
Generic drugs are just as likely as brand-name drugs to be readily available in pharmacies.
D
The higher costs of brand-name drugs underwrite drug companies’ heavy investment in research.
E
Because of advertising, doctors frequently prescribe brand-name drugs by their brand name, rather than by their chemical name.