PT130.S1.Q9

PrepTest 130 - Section 1 - Question 9

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People who need to reduce their intake of fat and to consume fewer calories often turn to fat substitutes, especially those with zero calories such as N5. ███ ███████ ████████ ████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ███ ██ ████ ███████ ████████ ███ ███ █████ ████████ ████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ████████ ███████ ████████ ██████████ ████ █████ ██████ █████ ████████ ████ ████ ███ ███ ████████████ ████ ███ █████ ███████ ██████ ██ ███ ███ ████████ █████████ █████ ██ █████ ███

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that N5 is of no use to people who need to reduce their fat and calorie intake. She supports this by saying that studies show that people who ate foods with N5 felt hungrier afterward and ended up eating more, making up for the calories saved by using N5.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author concludes that N5 is not useful for people who need to reduce fat and calorie intake based on evidence that it doesn’t help lower calorie intake. However, just because the subjects ate more calories doesn’t mean they ate more fat. N5 might still help reduce fat intake, even if it doesn’t lower calories. In this case, it could still be useful for people who need to reduce fat and calories.

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9.

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a

many foods cannot ██ ████████ ████ ██

b

N5 has mild ███ ██████████ ████ ███████

c

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d

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e

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