The Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial conducted in the United States (1982) found that ________.
A) the risk factors the trial focused on account collectively for the majority of heart attacks
B) the easiest way to improve population health is to ensure that people eat healthy diets and have an adequate level of exercise
C) it is extremely difficult to change people's habits, at least in a lasting way
D) risk factors are best understood individually and not as a complex assemblage of variables

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The Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial highlighted the challenge in achieving lasting changes in people's health-related behaviors, such as diet and exercise habits, underscoring the difficulty of modifying lifestyle factors even with concerted intervention efforts.

The Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial Conducted in the United