From What You Have Read in This Chapter,would You Say

question 9

Multiple Choice

From what you have read in this chapter,would you say a 21-year-old Caucasian female can count on caffeinated coffee to reduce her risk of Parkinson disease?

• A) yes,because the results of a peer-reviewed study showed that drinking caffeinated beverages reduced the risk of Parkinson disease
• B) no,because participants in that peer-reviewed study were Japanese-American males;it cannot be inferred that the same results would hold for Caucasian females
• C) no;she would have to restrict her consumption of coffee to decaffeinated coffee to reduce her risk of Parkinson disease
• D) yes;coffee is known to reverse the symptoms of Parkinson disease
• E) There are no data on the relationship between drinking caffeinated beverages and Parkinson disease because it would be unethical to conduct such an epidemiological study.

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