A middle-age woman who is 15 pounds over her desired weight (according to a measure of body mass index) but does not smoke has a lower risk of heart disease than a middle-aged woman who smokes two packs of cigarettes a day but is at her ideal weight.
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The largest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is _______.​

A) ​genetics
B) ​age
C) ​body weight
D) ​all of the above

​The branch of medicine that investigates factors contributing to the occurrence of diseases within a population is

A) ​psychoneuroimmunology.
B) ​behavioral medicine.
C) ​behavioral health.
D) ​epidemiology.

Those actions people undertake to learn whether or not they are ill are called illness behaviors.​

​Despite national media coverage to the contrary, poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States.

Interleukins are types of​

A) ​leukocytes.
B) ​lymphocytes.
C) cytokines.​
D) ​macrophages.

Cardiorespiratory fitness is heavily dependent on the availability of creatine to the working muscles.

Only the carbohydrates and proteins that we eat are catabolized and used to manufacture ATP.

Individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds are at a(n) ______ risk for cardiovascular disease, and this finding can be explained by ______________.

A) decreased; modifiable lifestyle factors
B) decreased; psychological factors
C) increased; modifiable lifestyle factors
D) increased; psychological factors

​The decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease during the last four decades of the 20th century was due to

A) ​better dietary practices.
B) ​reduction in cigarette smoking.
C) ​improvements in medical care.
D) ​a combination of all of these.