A Person Genetically at Risk for Heart Disease Could Delay

question 4

Multiple Choice

A person genetically at risk for heart disease could delay the onset of this disease by ________.

• A)getting regular exercise
• B)avoiding obesity
• C)eating a healthy diet
• D)All of these choices are correct.
• E)None of these choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Gene-environment Interaction

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Evolutionary Psychology

A conceptual framework in psychology that seeks to understand beneficial mental and psychological characteristics—like memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, meaning they are functional outcomes of the process of natural selection.

Universal Need

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