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In 2007, Swedish researchers published results from a study in which they followed about 2000 obese patients who had undergone weight-loss surgery-either gastric bypass or surgical banding-over 15 years and compared them with about 2000 similarly obese people who didn't have surgery but who were counseled in diet and exercise. One goal of the study was to determine whether bariatric surgery led to greater weight loss than diet and exercise counseling.
-In this study,the independent variable was ________,and the dependent variable was _________.

• A) the intervention (surgery versus diet/exercise counseling); weight loss
• B) the type of surgery; weight loss
• C) diet and exercise counseling; weight loss
• D) weight loss; the intervention
• E) weight loss; the type of surgery

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