Question

Jenny is trying to lose weight by decreasing the fat in her diet. At the grocery store she is overwhelmed by all the claims on the food product labels, and finally chooses an expensive fat-free frozen dessert. Which of the following would be an appropriate analysis of Jenny’s decision?
a. Most frozen desserts are fat-free and she should not pay extra for one with a fat-free claim
b. Since fats contribute 9 kcalories per gram, she can eat twice as many kcalories from this dessert and still lose weight
c. As long as she makes sure to eat the dessert before 9 p.m. it should not contribute much to her daily kcaloric intake
d. Fat-free products typically have so much added sugar that the kcalorie count can be as high as in the regular-fat product

Answer 1

"Fat-free products typically have so much added sugar that the k calorie count can be as high as in the regular-fat product" would be an appropriate analysis of Jenny’s decision.

Option: D

Explanation:

The inspiration for developing low-fat foods can be attributed to the McGovern Committee which released a 1977 report proposing that Americans consume less fat and more complicated carbohydrates to avoid diabetes, cardiovascular disease.

Several health organizations have repeated the same guidelines in the following decades, potentially leading to America's current addiction to junk foods. Fat-free products have high sugar, which become just a formality at the end to be on true diet, because these sugar form is fructose with excess levels and associated with an hiked risk of obesity, high blood pressure, kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and other health issues.