Please Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 15

Multiple Choice

Please use the information below to answer the following question(s) :
Consider the following marketing message for a new breakfast cereal, "Essentials" manufactured by Total Foods, which claims to help consumers rapidly lose weight when used as part of a particular diet plan.
Do you want to get in shape before summer without starving yourself and without giving up your favorite foods? The "Essentials" cereal diet from Total Foods will help you do just that.
All you need to do to lose those pounds is to have one bowl of "Essentials" whole-grains cereal with a small bowl of fruit for dinner on alternate days for two weeks. "Essentials" is a low-fat, sugar-free wheat cereal that is fortified with 8 essential vitamins and minerals to meet all your nutritional requirements. Kendra Jones, a mother of three from Newfoundland, lost 4 pounds and dropped a dress size after 10 days on the "Essentials" diet. "I lost weight on the "Essentials" diet without feeling tired and hungry. I now fit into the jeans I wore in college!" Kendra says. This diet is guaranteed to work!
To get a personalized diet plan and free coupons, visit us at http://totalfoods/essentials/diet_plan.com.
-Which of the following information,if true,would make Total Foods vulnerable to being penalized by the Office of Consumer Affairs?

• A) The price of "Essentials" cereal is significantly higher than that of other low-fat, fortified cereals.
• B) Weight-loss plans other than the "Essentials" diet plan have shown better results.
• C) Kendra regained the pounds she lost shortly after she stopped having the cereal.
• D) "Essentials" cereal has a Canadian Food Inspection-approved appetite suppressant.

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