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We should not serve desserts in the school cafeteria. If we offer desserts, students may stop choosing healthy foods in the cafeteria. They will expect to eat junk food and dessert for lunch every day, and their eating habits may get worse at home as well.

What type of fallacious reasoning does this argument use?
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Responses

false analogy
false analogy
red herring
red herring
slippery slope
slippery slope
appeal to authority

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The argument uses slippery slope reasoning. It suggests that if desserts are served in the school cafeteria, it will lead to a series of negative consequences, such as students stopping the choice of healthy foods and worsening their eating habits at home.