Which of the following actions would be the least expensive approach to treating chronic diseases?
a. Choose healthy lifestyle behaviors to retain health
b. Continue media campaigns encouraging early detection and treatment
c. Encourage patients to seek care at a local neighborhood health clinic
d. Suggest self-therapies that have been demonstrated to be effective
ANS: A
The five leading causes of death and illness can be positively affected by changes in lifestyle. Healthy lifestyles can modify or even prevent most chronic illnesses. Seeking care at a neighborhood health clinic, producing media campaigns, and engaging in self-therapies are all more expensive approaches to treating chronic diseases than choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors.
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