Question

select the correct answer.
a 65 - year - old male enters the hospital with high blood pressure, damaged lungs, low blood - oxygen concentration, and throat cancer. what are all of these symptoms associated with?
a. obesity
b. smoking
c. diabetes
d. inactivity

Explanation:

Smoking is a well - known risk factor for high blood pressure, lung damage (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), low blood - oxygen concentration (due to impaired gas exchange in damaged lungs), and throat cancer. Obesity is mainly associated with metabolic disorders and joint problems, diabetes is a metabolic disease with its own set of symptoms (like polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and weight loss), and inactivity is more related to muscle weakness and cardiovascular deconditioning rather than all the symptoms listed (lung damage, throat cancer etc.).

Answer:

B. smoking