Sixty adults were asked to keep a diary of their meals, including what they consumed, when, and in the company of how...

shunhe August 17, 2020

Hi @Motunrayo-Bamgbose-Martins,

Thanks for the question! I’m not sure why you think (A) and (D) have anything to do with high carb vs. high fat vs. high protein foods. (A) is just about the amount of time you spent at a meal with alcohol than without alcohol, and the idea is that the longer you spend at a meal, the more you eat (which is a reasonable assumption to make). (D) tells us that the meals that were most carefully prepared and most attractively served were the ones at which alcoholic beverages were consumed, and the idea here is that since they look better and probably taste yummier too, you just eat more (which again, not an unreasonable assumption to make). Neither of these has anything to do with carbs vs. other macronutrients.

Remember, we’re looking for something that does not explain the difference in caloric intake. And (E) just tells us what the proportions of the calories are. But it doesn’t explain why the totals are different. Remember, we already know the total calorie counts, so just saying that one is more carbs than the other can’t actually change what those counts are. And so (E) doesn’t explain the difference in the total counts, which makes it the correct answer.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

Motunrayo-Bamgbose-Martins December 9, 2020

thanks!

sandydanadurst@yahoo.com February 25, 2021

but won't someone eat less if there is more fats/proteins in the meal because it is more filling?

Emil-Kunkin May 7, 2023

They might, but they also might not. In fact, the opposite is often true, you can get 100 calories out of only a little oil, but from a lot of kale,