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Read the excerpt from "Healthy Eating."

But no one can ignore the damage being wrought by all this bad eating. More than one out of three adults in the United States -- 37.5 percent -- are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some of the leading causes of death -- heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes -- are directly linked to obesity. And childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years. With more than a third of kids between 6 and 19 considered obese, the CDC reports, they are at substantially more risk for developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, bone and joint conditions, and cancer.

The author's argument that a poor diet can be harmful to a person's health is

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The author's argument that a poor diet can be harmful to a person's health is effective because it includes facts from a credible source, as stated in option D.

What are credible sources?

A source is the material from where we obtain the information used to support our claim or argument. A credible source is a source that has credibility, that can be trusted, because it is known for being serious and ethical.

In the passage we are analyzing here, the author uses facts from a credible source, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to support the argument presented.

With the information above in mind, we can choose option D as the correct answer.

The complete question with the answer choices is the following:

The author's argument that a poor diet can be harmful to a person's health is

  • ineffective, because it lacks clear and reasonable evidence.
  • ineffective, because it leaves the reader with questions.
  • effective, because it addresses and refutes a counterclaim.
  • effective, because it includes facts from a credible source.

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