Regarding lifestyle diseases and behavioral risk factors, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Seventy percent of all medical costs are related to just six of the major behavioral risk factors.
b. Smoking is currently the main cause of preventable deaths in the United States.
c. A person who is overweight at age 20 can expect to lose five to 20 years of life expectancy.
d. All people who exhibit behavioral risk factors have a general disease-prone personality type.
D
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a. anxiety disorders b. mood disorders c. post-traumatic stress disorder d. pediatric bipolar disorder
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a. conditioned stimuli b. feedback c. punishers d. operants
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A) 22 pairs B) 23 pairs C) 46 pairs D) 13 pairs