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

Question

(1 point)
Responses

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.

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.

Unintentional accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.

Answer 1

Among the options provided, the risk factor that you can control is related to your friends smoking. While you cannot control your friends' actions directly, you can make choices about the company you keep and how you respond to their behaviors.

The other options, such as family history of heart disease, higher incidence of high blood pressure in your ethnic group, and unintentional accidents as a cause of death, are factors that are largely out of your control.