Answer: B) False. Family history does play a role in your health and lifespan, but there is a great deal you can do to have an impact. Good choices can make you healthier, and bad choices can literally kill you. For example, lack of regular exercise is the reason for 250,000 deaths each year in the U.S. according to the American Heart Association. Consider this fact: in America, lifestyle-related behaviors make up 5 of the 10 leading causes of death. In other words, our bad choices are killing us.
Source: JAMA, Actual Causes of Death in the U.S. 2000 (March 10, 2004). From GM Health Care 101.