Question

read the claim and the supporting evidence.
claim: people should spend less time watching television.
evidence: a sedentary lifestyle is a known risk factor for a number of health problems.
why does the evidence support the claim? choose the analysis that better explains the connection.
people should reduce the amount of time they spend sitting in front of the television.
its hard not to be sedentary when spending long hours watching television.

Explanation:

To determine why the evidence supports the claim, we analyze the connection between the claim (spend less time watching TV) and the evidence (sedentary lifestyle causes health problems). The first option restates the claim, not explaining the connection. The second option ("It's hard not to be sedentary when spending long hours watching television") explains that watching TV for long hours leads to a sedentary lifestyle, thus linking the claim (less TV time) to the evidence (sedentary lifestyle is unhealthy) by showing how TV watching relates to being sedentary.

Answer:

It's hard not to be sedentary when spending long hours watching television.