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An individual is a fifty-year-old smoker that lives in a highly polluted city, gets no exercise, eats fast food every day,

and has a family history of lung cancer. Which of the following is an uncontrollable risk factor?
A. diet choice
B. heredity
C. smoking
D. lack of exercise
Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
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Answer 1

B, heredity, is an uncontrollable risk factor. Heredity is the genes and predispositions we inherit from our parents, which we cannot control. Our diet, whether we smoke, and the amount of exercise we get is all within our control, but our heredity factors are not.