Question

summarizing the effect of lifestyle choices on health
prediabetes is a stage between not having diabetes and having type 2 diabetes. you have prediabetes when your blood sugars are above normal, but not so high as to meet the diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes. one in three people with prediabetes will go on to develop type 2 diabetes; however, with the correct lifestyle changes, including exercise, weight loss, a healthy diet, and the correct medications, the odds decrease so that only one in nine prediabetic people develop type 2 diabetes. in some cases, your blood sugar levels can return to normal.

• \what is type 2 diabetes?\

university of california, san francisco
which statement best summarizes the passage?
without correct lifestyle changes, prediabetic people will become diabetic.
with correct lifestyle changes, a prediabetic person will not become diabetic.
even with correct lifestyle changes, prediabetic people will become diabetic.
with correct lifestyle changes, a prediabetic person decreases the risk of becoming diabetic.

Explanation:

The passage states that one - in - three prediabetic people develop type 2 diabetes. But with correct lifestyle changes (exercise, weight loss, healthy diet, correct medications), the odds decrease to one - in - nine. This shows that lifestyle changes reduce the risk, not eliminate it (so options that say they will not become diabetic are wrong) and also that lifestyle changes do have a positive impact (so the option about no lifestyle change leading to diabetes is not the best summary as it doesn't mention the risk - reduction aspect).

Answer:

With correct lifestyle changes, a prediabetic person decreases the risk of becoming diabetic.