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

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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.

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

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

Answer 1

The risk factor you can control among the options provided is:

Your friends have recently started smoking.

This is a situation where you can make choices about your social environment and whether to engage in certain behaviors, like smoking. The other options relate to factors that are largely beyond your control, such as ethnicity, family history of diseases, and the general prevalence of unintentional accidents among teens.

Answer 2

but you cant control what ur friends do so whats the answer

Answer 3

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Answer 4

why is that the answer?