UPSC Prelims 2018·CSAT·Reading Comprehension·Passage Comprehension

The practice of dieting has become an epidemic; everyone is looking out for a way to attain that perfect body. We are all different with respect to our ethnicity, genetics, family history, gender, age, physical and mental and spiritual health status, lifestyles and preferences. Thereby we also differ in what foods we tolerate or are sensitive to. So we really cannot reduce so many complexities into one diet or diet book. This explains the failure of diets across the world in curbing obesity. Unless the reasons for weight gain are well understood and addressed and unless habits are changed permanently, no diet is likely to succeed. What is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?

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  1. AObesity has become an epidemic all over the world
  2. BA lot of people are obsessed with attaining a perfect body
  3. CObesity is essentially an incurable disease
  4. DThere is no perfect diet or one solution for obesity.Correct

Explanation

The passage emphasizes that due to the vast individual differences in genetics, lifestyle, health, and food tolerance, it's impossible to reduce these complexities into "one diet or diet book." It explicitly states that this is why diets fail globally in curbing obesity. Analyzing the options: A) Obesity has become an epidemic all over the world - The passage states "The practice of dieting has become an epidemic," implying widespread concern about weight, but it doesn't explicitly declare obesity itself as an epidemic. B) A lot of people are obsessed with attaining a perfect body - The passage says "everyone is looking out for a way to attain that perfect body," which supports this, but it's a descriptive observation rather than the main inference about the *failure* of diets. C) Obesity is essentially an incurable disease - The passage suggests that success is possible if "reasons for weight gain are well understood and addressed and unless habits are changed permanently," implying it is curable under the right conditions, not incurable. D) There is no perfect diet or one solution for obesity - This directly aligns with the passage's argument that "we really cannot reduce so many complexities into one diet or diet book" due to individual differences, and this explains "the failure of diets across the world." This is the core conclusion drawn from the complexities described.
Reading Comprehension: The practice of dieting has become an epidemic; everyone is looking out for a way to attain that perfect body. We are al

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