Answer:
The way hypertension, heart disease, and stroke are related is that the risk of developing each disease can be reduced by diet and exercise (option C).
Explanation:
Hypertension, heart disease and stroke are pathologies that originate from a malfunction of the cardiovascular system and depend on the lifestyle of each person.
Although there is a genetic predisposition to suffer from these diseases, diet and a sedentary lifestyle —in addition to the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and obesity— are factors that promote the development of hypertension and related diseases.
Chronic diseases such as <u>hypertension, heart disease and stroke can be prevented with an adequate diet and physical exercise</u>.
The other options are not correct because:
<em> A. Hypertension, heart disease, and stroke are not the result of elevated glucose levels in the bloodstream.
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<em> B. Although genetics influences the development of hypertension, heart disease, and stroke, lifestyle is a determining factor.
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<em> D. Reducing the risk of one of the diseases, such as hypertension, has a marked impact on the risk of the others.</em>
