medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
To combat rising obesity rates, several large school districts replaced high-calorie snacks in their vending machines with low-calorie, healthy options. A follow-up study found that the total number of calories consumed from snacks by students in these districts actually increased during the following year.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?
- Believing the new options were healthy, students felt licensed to eat them in far greater quantities, so the larger volume more than offset each snack's lower calorie count.
- The school districts also introduced a mandatory physical education class for all students.
- Many students brought their own high-calorie snacks from home to eat alongside the machine offerings.
- The healthy snacks were priced below the high-calorie snacks they replaced.
- Nutrition labels on the new snacks listed their calorie counts more prominently than the old labels had.
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