Claim & Evidence
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Excerpt from should Junk Food Be llegal? By Carol Smith
What is the author's main claim in the
passage
George Hocker, senior policy advisor of The Center
for Science in the Public Interest, explained that. "Up A Sugary drinks are being over-consumed.
to half of the extra calories people are eating today
compared to the 1970s are from sodo (soft drinks)." B Big companies are targeting children.
This is because the soft drink Industry has expanded csoda is very damaging to your health
its market niche. Where it was historically considered
a treat to be consumed once or twice a week it hos D Al junk food should be banned in the US.
become a daily habit for so many around the globe.
The soda Industry also aggressively targets children Which detail from the passage best communicates the
and poor communities with its advertisements. author's main claim
(Though this is hopefully falling out of fashion, if other
big players follow Disney's recent plan taking ads for A Their hope is that such a report will have a similar impoct
Junk food off its children's programming.) Studies as the 1964 landmark Surgeon General's report on
have indeed found a ink between sugary drinks and tobacco use
childhood obesity to the point where a contingent B Studies have indeed found a link between sugary drinks
of US national and local health medical and
and childhood obesity
consumer organizations, municipal public health
departments, and several prominent individuals
C Where it was historically considered as a treat to be
consumed once or twice a week, it has become a daily
are calling on the country's Surgeon General to issue
a report on the health effects of soda and other
habit for so many around the globe.
sugary drinks. Their hope is that such a report will D The soda industry also aggressively targets children and
have a similar impact as the 1964 landmark Surgeon poor communities with its advertisements.
General's report on tobacco use, and bring
authoritatively to Sght the public health impact of Short Answer: Why does the author link junk food and
these types of drinks.
tobacco use?