Vignette #1 Carly Is an Overweight 21-Year-Old Who Is Committed

question 19

Multiple Choice

Vignette #1 Carly is an overweight 21-year-old who is committed to good health after taking a nutrition course. She realizes that being a savvy shopper is part of the process and decides to learn how to look more critically at food labels. She picks up two different boxes of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal and sees the food labels shown in Figure 1. Help Carly evaluate these two breakfast cereals.

Using the calorie summary information in the accompanying figure, what is the percentage of calories from fat in cereal #1?

• A) 9 percent
• B) 14 percent
• C) 26 percent
• D) 31 percent
• E) 43 percent

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Definitions:

Indifference

A state where a consumer has no preference between two or more choices.

Utility

An economic term referring to the total satisfaction received from consuming a good or service.

Indifference Curve

A graphical representation showing different combinations of goods or services among which a consumer is indifferent, implying no preference for one combination over another, given their utility or satisfaction remains constant.

Preferred

Refers to something that is more desirable or favored over other options.