Catherine is a college senior who is taking a health and nutrition course. The class is studying family health history. After completing her family health history project Catherine realizes that she is genetically at risk for several diseases. Her grandmother had breast cancer, her father had hypertension, and her mother is obese. Catherine has known for a while that she is overweight and has
been told by her doctor that she is pre-hypertensive. Catherine wants to continue to study and learn how she can reduce her risk of chronic disease through lifestyle. What should Catherine do to decrease her chances of developing genetically related diseases?
A) Catherine can do nothing to lower her risk because she can't change her genetics.
B) Catherine can talk to her doctor about having her genetics altered.
C) Catherine can modify her lifestyle through decreasing her calorie intake and increasing her physical activity.
D) Catherine can continue to study her family health history to learn how her family managed their health problems.
C
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