You decide you are going to make more responsible health decisions. Which of the following risk factors can you control?

Question

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Responses

There is a history of heart disease in your family.
There is a history of heart disease in your family.

There is a higher incidence of high blood pressure in your ethnic group.
There is a higher incidence of high blood pressure in your ethnic group.

Your friends have recently started smoking.
Your friends have recently started smoking.

Unintentional accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.
Unintentional accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.

Answer 1

Among the options provided, the risk factor that you can control is:

Your friends have recently started smoking.

While you cannot change your family history of heart disease or the incidence of high blood pressure in your ethnic group, you can make choices about your social environment and influence your friends' behaviors regarding smoking. Additionally, unintentional accidents are largely influenced by circumstances, but while you can take precautions to reduce risk, you cannot directly control the occurrence of such accidents.