Among the options provided, the risk factor that you can control is related to the influence of your friends on your behavior, particularly their smoking. While you cannot control your friends' choices, you can control your response to peer pressure, including the decision to not start smoking. The other factors listed (unintentional accidents, family history of heart disease, and ethnic predisposition to high blood pressure) are largely beyond your control.
You decide you are going to make more responsible health decisions. Which of the following risk factors can you control?
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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.
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.
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so which one
The risk factor you can control is:
Your friends have recently started smoking.
You have the ability to make your own choices regarding smoking, regardless of your friends' behavior.
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