The author wrote this selection most likely to---

D. emphasizes that eating healthier food is a national concern for the welfare of students.

Explanation:

Option D is the correct answer. The author referring to the government's regulations over school food service actually emphasizes that the issue of eating healthier foods is a national concern. The government is definitely concerned about the health of the student and show that in regulating what is served to students in the schools. The regulations encouraged the serving of fruits and vegetables in the schools which have healthier alternatives.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class