You decide you are going to make more responsible health decisions. Which of the following risk factors can you control?(1 point)

Responses

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.

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

Unintentional accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.

1 answer

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

Your friends have recently started smoking.

While you cannot control your ethnic background, family history, or general statistics about unintentional accidents, you can make personal decisions regarding your associations and influence your friends' behaviors, such as choosing not to smoke.