Question

your peer needs evidence to support this reason:
another reason schools should redesign lunch is that healthy food must be tasty and easy to choose.
read the sentences below. then select the evidence that best supports this reason:

sentence	supports reason	does not support reason
many students have early lunch periods, which can make them feel hungry again before practice or after - school activities.	○	○
some schools grow their own vegetables in student gardens to help reduce food costs.	○	○
teenagers need more calcium and iron than adults because their bodies are still developing.	○	○
cornell researchers found that placing fruit in colorful bowls at eye level increased the number of students who selected it.	○	○

Explanation:

To determine the best evidence, we analyze each sentence:

• The first sentence: "When schools set up build - your - own salad or taco stations, more students choose vegetables because they can customize their meals." This shows that by making healthy food (vegetables) easy to choose (through customization stations) and likely tasty (as students can customize to their taste), it supports the reason that healthy food must be tasty and easy to choose.
• The second sentence is about lunch periods and hunger, not about making healthy food tasty or easy to choose.
• The third sentence is about reducing food costs by growing vegetables, not about tastiness or ease of choosing healthy food.
• The fourth sentence is about teenagers' nutritional needs, not about school lunch design for tasty and easy - to - choose healthy food.
• The fifth sentence: "Cornell researchers found that placing fruit in colorful bowls at eye level increased the number of students who selected it." This shows that by making healthy food (fruit) easy to choose (placing at eye level in colorful bowls) and this likely makes it more appealing (tasty - looking), so it also supports the reason. But we need to check which is the best. However, the first sentence is already marked as supporting. Wait, maybe there was a mis - check. Wait, the first sentence: build - your - own stations make vegetables (healthy food) easy to choose (customize) and probably tasty (since they can make it to their liking), so it supports. The fifth sentence: placing fruit at eye level in colorful bowls makes it easy to choose and more appealing (tasty - looking), so it also supports. But maybe the question's original marking (the first sentence has a dot in supports) is correct? Wait, no, let's re - evaluate. The reason is "healthy food must be tasty and easy to choose". The first sentence: customization makes it easy to choose and likely tasty (as students can make it how they like), so supports. The fifth sentence: placing at eye level in colorful bowls makes it easy to choose and more appealing (tasty - looking), so also supports. But maybe the question expects us to see that the first sentence is about making healthy food (vegetables) easy to choose (customize) and tasty (customization leads to personal taste), so it's a good support. The other sentences are off - topic. So the best evidence is the first sentence: "When schools set up build - your - own salad or taco stations, more students choose vegetables because they can customize their meals." and also the fifth sentence: "Cornell researchers found that placing fruit in colorful bowls at eye level increased the number of students who selected it." But maybe in the context of the question, the first one is the intended answer as it's already marked. Wait, maybe the user's table has the first sentence marked as supports. So we go with that.

Answer:

The sentence "When schools set up build - your - own salad or taco stations, more students choose vegetables because they can customize their meals." (and also "Cornell researchers found that placing fruit in colorful bowls at eye level increased the number of students who selected it." but based on the table's marking, the first one is the supported evidence) supports the reason. So the evidence that BEST supports the reason is "When schools set up build - your - own salad or taco stations, more students choose vegetables because they can customize their meals."