Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The importance of a well-balanced diet high in fiber and low in satura

Interesting question.

A) This is not relevant. The author argues that to reduce ones risk of a heart attack one should exercise. In this case, even if heart attack is a common cause of death in high exercise countries, this does not mean that it exercise does not reduce the risk of a heart attack.

B) This could be true, however it does not impact the authors argument. So what if cities have higher standards of living? Here the author is arguing a causal link between exercise rate and heart attacks. Nothing about quality of life/standard of living.

C) This is obviously a true fact, however it is not relevant to the authors argument.

D) Good choice. If the high exercise rate cities have also the lowest smoking rates, it is possible that the cause of reduction in heart attacks is because of the low smoking rates, rather than exercise. This undermines the authors argument, since now we have to consider a new variable: smoking.

E) This only explains why a country might have a difference
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Statistics : Posted by mysterymanrog • on 09 Aug 2023, 03:47 • Replies 2 • Views 575

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