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 factor (not a changeable lifestyle factor).
• Option B: A family history of diabetes is a genetic factor (not a changeable lifestyle factor).
• Option C: Knowledge of common risk factors can be learned, level of physical activity can be adjusted, and ways of reacting to conflict can be changed through self - awareness and practice. All are lifestyle factors that can be modified.
• Option D: Changing the images in the media is not a personal lifestyle factor that an individual can directly change to improve their own health.

Answer:

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