Question

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In Federal Drug Administration clinical trials, people who added a particular drug to diet and exercise were able to lose weight, as well as lower their blood pressure. This drug was evaluated in two clinical studies involving overweight adults with high blood pressure. The results of the trials showed that 48 percent of people taking this drug lost some of their body weight. The other group in this trial consisted of people who were not taking this medicine, and only 23 percent of them lost some weight.

What is the claim?

Exercise and diet help people lose more weight than with the aid of this drug.
This drug helps people lose more weight than diet and exercise alone.
Overweight adults have always had high blood pressure.
This drug won’t help people lower their blood pressure if they already exercise.

Answer 1

This drug helps people lose more weight than diet and exercise alone.

Reason: 48% of those taking the drug lost weight versus 23% of those not taking it, showing the drug increased weight loss beyond diet and exercise.