Question

select the correct answer. which list includes only lifestyle factors that people can change to improve their health?
a. having many friends, parents with heart diseases, sleeping 8 to 10 hours a night
b. a family history of diabetes, lack of energy, thinking critically about health risks
c. knowledge of common risk factors, level of physical activity, ways of reacting to conflict
d. ways of interacting with others, changing the images in the media, resisting pressure from peers

Explanation:

• Option A: "parents with heart diseases" is a genetic/family factor, not a lifestyle factor people can change, so A is incorrect.
• Option B: "a family history of diabetes" is genetic, and "lack of energy" is a symptom, not a changeable lifestyle factor, so B is incorrect.
• Option C: Knowledge of risk factors can be acquired (a lifestyle - related cognitive factor), level of physical activity is a classic changeable lifestyle factor, and ways of reacting to conflict can be modified through learning/self - improvement, all are lifestyle factors people can change.
• Option D: "changing the images in the media" is not something an individual can do on their own as a lifestyle factor (it's more of a societal/media - industry - level change), so D is incorrect.

Answer:

C. knowledge of common risk factors, level of physical activity, ways of reacting to conflict