Question

Use the information to answer the question.

Claim: Junk food should not be offered in school cafeterias. It’s unhealthy and leads to bad food habits.
Counterclaim: People should be allowed to make their own choices about food. This builds their capacity to make mindful choices.
What overall claim could you make about the claim and counterclaim?

(1 point)
Responses

Junk food leads to bad habits, and people make all sorts of choices in their lives, good and bad.
Junk food leads to bad habits, and people make all sorts of choices in their lives, good and bad.

Junk food leads to bad food habits, but people need to be able to make their own choices.
Junk food leads to bad food habits, but people need to be able to make their own choices.

Choices allow people to build their personalities.
Choices allow people to build their personalities.

Junk food is unhealthy and causes many health problems.

Answer 1

The most accurate overall claim that encompasses both the claim and counterclaim would be:

**Junk food leads to bad food habits, but people need to be able to make their own choices.**

This response acknowledges the negative impact of junk food while also recognizing the importance of personal choice.