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Tobacco conglomerates that used colors, flavors and marketing techniques to entice children as future smokers transferred these same strategies to sweetened beverages when they bought food and drinks companies starting in 1963.
As tobacco was facing increased scrutiny from health authorities, its executives transferred the same products and tactics to peddle soft drinks.
American youth currently consume an average of 143 calories a day in sugary beverages. These calorie-dense drinks are associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increase the risk for heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.
Most sweetened beverage manufacturers claim to limit marketing to children of unhealthy foods and drinks. The industry launched both the Children’s Advertising Review Unit, to promote responsible advertising to children through industry self-policing, and the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, which states that it devotes 100 percent of “child-directed advertising to better-for-you foods.”
“The industry claims that these tobacco-inspired marketing strategies are not actually targeting children and should be excluded from these industry-led agreements” said Schmidt. “But the evidence cited in our research shows that these product lines and marketing techniques were specifically designed for and tested on children.”
The authors conclude that, given the current high rates of childhood obesity, there is a clear need to replace current industry-led voluntary standards with well-enforced government regulations on marketing sugary beverages to children.
“Parents do play a significant role in what their kids eat and drink,” Nguyen said. “However, we cannot underestimate the influence of these beverage corporations and their marketing. They intentionally develop marketing campaigns that appeal to kids by making the drinks fun and exciting.
QUESTÃO
As for the average consumption of sweetened drinks by kids in America, one can assert that
it cannot have been influenced by commercials of any sort at any time.
it is enough to provoke very dangerous health conditions among them.
parents have managed to keep track of that and have had it under control.
it has not complied with the marketing strategies of the industry at issue.
it has remained unchanged for as long as there have been soft drinks for sale.
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🔐 Abrir QUESTÃO COMENTADA (leitura guiada + pegadinhas)
🧭 Leitura orientada
A questão avalia a interpretação de consequências explícitas apresentadas no texto, exigindo que o leitor relacione dados numéricos a efeitos sobre a saúde.
🔍 Análise do trecho relevante
O texto informa que jovens americanos consomem, em média:
“an average of 143 calories a day in sugary beverages”
Em seguida, afirma que essas bebidas:
“are associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increase the risk for heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.”
🧠 Núcleo de sentido
✔ O consumo médio é elevado e contínuo.
✔ As consequências à saúde são explicitamente graves.
✔ O texto associa diretamente o consumo a doenças perigosas.
🔍 Análise alternativa por alternativa (com pegadinhas)
(A) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o texto destaca fortemente a influência
do marketing e das campanhas publicitárias.
(B) ✅ Correta — GABARITO
O texto afirma que o consumo médio de bebidas açucaradas
está associado a condições de saúde muito perigosas,
como obesidade, doenças cardíacas, AVC e diabetes tipo 2.
(C) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o texto diz que os pais têm influência,
mas não controle suficiente para neutralizar o marketing das empresas.
(D) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o consumo está diretamente ligado
às estratégias de marketing da indústria.
(E) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: não há qualquer afirmação de estabilidade histórica
do consumo ao longo do tempo.
🧠 Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Questão de leitura inferencial com base em dados explícitos.
✔ Consumo médio elevado de bebidas açucaradas.
✔ Associação direta com doenças graves.
✔ Atenção a alternativas que negam dados apresentados no texto.
🔎 Gabarito confirmado: (B)