Following her observations of elevated diabetes prevalence within disadvantaged communities, Dr. Sarah Martinez launched the Healthy Communities Proje...
GMAT Information and Ideas : (Ideas) Questions
Following her observations of elevated diabetes prevalence within disadvantaged communities, Dr. Sarah Martinez launched the Healthy Communities Project in 2019. Martinez, working alongside her team, developed this initiative to teach families about proper nutrition and offer preventive healthcare resources. The initiative has conducted culinary workshops that focus on cost-effective, nutritious cooking methods.
Based on the passage, what is one objective of the Healthy Communities Project?
To educate families about nutrition
To promote local restaurants and food businesses
To train professional chefs in community settings
To research the causes of diabetes in urban areas
I'll solve this step by step, following the systematic approach to help you understand exactly how to tackle Central Ideas and Details questions.
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Part A: Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| "Following her observations of elevated diabetes prevalence within disadvantaged communities, Dr. Sarah Martinez launched the Healthy Communities Project in 2019." |
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| "Martinez, working alongside her team, developed this initiative to teach families about proper nutrition and offer preventive healthcare resources." |
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| "The initiative has conducted culinary workshops that focus on cost-effective, nutritious cooking methods." |
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Part B: Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: Dr. Martinez created the Healthy Communities Project to address health disparities by teaching nutrition and providing healthcare resources to disadvantaged families.
Argument Flow: The passage starts by establishing the problem (high diabetes rates), then introduces the solution (Martinez's project), explains its dual objectives (education and resources), and concludes with a concrete example of implementation (cooking workshops).
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
What's being asked? The question wants us to identify one specific objective of the Healthy Communities Project.
What type of answer do we need? We need a purpose or goal that the project was designed to achieve.
Any limiting keywords? Based on the passage means we can only use information directly stated in the text, and one objective means we just need to find any single valid goal.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- From our analysis, we know the passage explicitly states that Martinez developed this initiative to teach families about proper nutrition and offer preventive healthcare resources
- So the correct answer should mention either teaching/educating families about nutrition OR providing preventive healthcare resources
To educate families about nutrition
✓ Correct
- Correct - This directly matches what the passage states: Martinez developed the initiative to teach families about proper nutrition
- Teaching and educating mean the same thing here
To promote local restaurants and food businesses
✗ Incorrect
- Incorrect - The passage mentions nothing about promoting restaurants or food businesses
- The project focuses on teaching families to cook, not supporting commercial food establishments
To train professional chefs in community settings
✗ Incorrect
- Incorrect - The passage doesn't mention training professional chefs
- The workshops teach families (regular people), not professional cooks
To research the causes of diabetes in urban areas
✗ Incorrect
- Incorrect - While Martinez observed diabetes prevalence, researching causes wasn't stated as a project objective
- The project responds to the problem but doesn't study it further