Nutritionists emphasize that childhood obesity rates are largely ______. For example, schools implementing comprehensive wellness programs—including n...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
Nutritionists emphasize that childhood obesity rates are largely ______. For example, schools implementing comprehensive wellness programs—including nutrition education, physical activity requirements, and healthy meal options—have documented significant improvements in student health outcomes.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
controllable
genetic
rising
complex
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Create Passage Analysis Table
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| Nutritionists emphasize that childhood obesity rates are largely |
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| For example, schools implementing comprehensive wellness programs—including nutrition education, physical activity requirements, and healthy meal options—have documented significant improvements in student health outcomes. |
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Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: Schools can successfully improve student health outcomes through comprehensive wellness programs, which supports how nutritionists view childhood obesity rates.
Argument Flow: The passage presents a claim from nutritionists about childhood obesity rates, then provides a specific example of schools successfully improving health outcomes through targeted programs to support that claim.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- The word needs to describe childhood obesity rates in a way that's supported by the example
- The example shows schools can implement programs and see significant improvements
- This suggests obesity rates can be influenced or changed through interventions
- So the right answer should describe childhood obesity rates as something that can be influenced or managed through interventions
controllable
✓ Correct
- Controllable fits perfectly with the example of schools successfully improving outcomes through targeted programs
- If obesity rates are largely controllable, then examples of successful interventions directly support this claim
genetic
✗ Incorrect
- Genetic suggests obesity is primarily determined by heredity
- School programs wouldn't be expected to change genetic factors
- The example of successful interventions contradicts the idea that rates are largely genetic
rising
✗ Incorrect
- Rising describes a trend direction but doesn't connect to the intervention example
- Whether rates are rising or falling doesn't relate to schools achieving improvements through programs
complex
✗ Incorrect
- Complex could describe obesity but doesn't specifically connect to the intervention example
- Complexity alone doesn't explain why school programs would be mentioned as supporting evidence