Question

in the 1990s, mcdonalds and other fast food restaurants started getting publicity for the amount of fat in their kids meals. at that time, one hamburger happy meal contained about 70% of the recommended daily fat allowance for children. greasy french fries account for most of the fat in the meal. a public outcry caused most fast - food restaurants to review their kids meal offerings. mcdonalds solved the problem by offering healthy apple slices in place of the greasy fries. now, a happy meal consisting of a hamburger, apples, and milk contain about 35% of a childs recommended daily fat allowance.
passage 3 text structure:

Explanation:

To determine the text structure, we analyze the passage:

1. Identify the core topic: The passage focuses on McDonald’s (and other fast - food restaurants) and the fat content in their kids’ meals.
2. Analyze the flow of information:

• First, it presents the situation in the 1990s: fast - food restaurants (with McDonald’s as a key example) had kids’ meals with a high fat content (70% of the recommended daily fat allowance from the hamburger Happy Meal, mainly due to greasy French fries).
• Then, it describes the public outcry that resulted from this high - fat content.
• Finally, it explains how McDonald’s solved the problem: by replacing greasy fries with healthy apple slices in the kids’ meals, which reduced the fat content (now the meal with a hamburger, apples, and milk has about 35% of the recommended daily fat allowance).

This pattern of presenting a problem (high fat in kids’ meals, public outcry) and then a solution (McDonald’s changing the meal components) is characteristic of a problem - solution text structure.

The passage first presents the problem of high fat content in fast - food kids' meals (especially McDonald's in the 1990s) and the resulting public outcry. Then it explains how McDonald's solved the problem by changing the meal components (replacing greasy fries with apple slices), so the text structure is problem - solution.

Answer:

Problem - Solution (The passage presents a problem: high fat content in fast - food kids’ meals (especially McDonald’s in the 1990s) and public outcry, then provides a solution: McDonald’s changing the meal components (replacing greasy fries with apple slices) to reduce fat content.)