Junk food, not just fast food to blame for Newsela answers

Read the first 4 paragraphs from the article. Select the paragraph that shows that children who are habituated to eating at fast-food restaurants normally prefer foods that are high in saturated fats and added sugars.

• But the children who frequently eat at fast-food restaurants will go home and do what they generally do when not eating at a fast-food restaurant. They’ll snarf cookies and chips. They will chug sugar-sweetened soda from a bottle, and heat up frozen pizzas.

• the answer is A (paragraph 3)

According to the article, which of the following sentences is correct?

• (A)Non-consumers of fast food have a little chance of getting obese.

• (B)Having a "prudent" diet will help reduce obesity among kids.

• (C)The food source is more important than the nutritional quality of food.

• (D)Closing down fast-food restaurants will reduce obesity among kids.

Select the sentence from the article that BEST describes its central idea.

• (A)The food they ate from non-fast-food sources was relatively high in saturated fats and added sugars.

• (B)The results showed that those who followed the Western diet when not dining at fast-food restaurants had the highest rates of being overweight or obese.

• (C)Low consumers of fast food were 1.5 times as likely to follow a Western diet as people who were considered non-consumers of fast food.

• (D)"Our findings suggest that the location where foods are obtained may not be as important as the nutritional quality of the foods consumed," the authors wrote in Thursday's study.

Read the first four paragraphs from the section "Western" Vs. "Prudent" Diet. Select the paragraph that is MOST relevant to be included in its summary.

• (A)Paragraph 1

• (B)Paragraph 2

• (C)Paragraph 4

• (D)Paragraph 3