Banning sweets from your household doesn't necessarily mean your child will grow up shunning sugary treats. Just the opposite is true, in fact: In a recent study, children who had just eaten a full meal were put in a room with a table piled with sweets. Even though they weren't hungry, children who were not usually allowed to have such treats gorged on the cakes and cookies, says researcher Leann Birch, Ph.D., professor of human development at Pennsylvania State University of Health and Human Development. Meanwhile, those kids whose parents regularly permitted such sweets in moderation hardly touched them. (Laura Flynn McCarthy, "Six Nutrition Rules Even Smart Moms Don't Know")
This passage is an example of a(n) _____.
A) explanation
B) argument
C) unsupported assertion
D) report
E) conditional statement

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The passage presents an argument by providing evidence from a study to support the claim that banning sweets can lead to children overeating them when given the opportunity.

Banning Sweets from Your Household Doesn't Necessarily Mean Your Child