What Have Sociologists Said About Attempts to Explain Social Inequalities

question 88

Multiple Choice

What have sociologists said about attempts to explain social inequalities in health, when comparing them with individually chosen lifestyle behaviours, such as diet and exercise?

• A)Sociologists hypothesize that advances in medicine are improving everyone's health regardless of social inequalities.
• B)Sociologists agree that lifestyle choices are the major determinants of one's health regardless of social inequalities.
• C) Sociologists suggest that an individual's genetic makeup is more important to health outcomes than social inequalities.
• D) Sociologists suggest that social inequalities are more important than lifestyle choices.

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