Question

Read the passage. In Federal Drug Administration clinical trials, people who added a particular drug to diet and exercise were able to lose weight, as well as lower their blood pressure. This drug was evaluated in two clinical studies involving overweight adults with high blood pressure. The results of the trials showed that 48 percent of people taking this drug lost some of their body weight. The other group in this trial consisted of people who were not taking this medicine, and only 23 percent of them lost some weight. What is the claim? Exercise and diet help people lose more weight than with the aid of this drug. This drug helps people lose more weight than diet and exercise alone. Overweight adults have always had high blood pressure. This drug won’t help people lower their blood pressure if they already exercise.

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer is - This drug helps people lose more weight than diet and exercise alone. 
It says here in the text - 48% of the people who took these drugs along with exercise and diet lost weight, whereas only 23% of those who had exercise and diet (but no drug) lost weight. Obviously, this shows that more people who took the drug lost weight than those who didn't.

Answer 2

This drug helps people lose more weight than diet and exercise alone. The reason for this statement is that with diet and exercise alone, 23% lost weight whereas with diet, exercise and the drug, 48% lost weight so the conclusion is that the drug enhanced weight loss. As a personal comment, the trouble with synthetic drugs is that there are usually side effects so that avoiding the drugs also avoids side effects so therefore I think it is best to find the right diet and exercise that actually lowers weight or take a vitamin or herb supplement to help with this.