To prevent disease, health psychologists first try to
A)remove behavioral risk factors.
B)compensate for genetic predispositions.
C)use maintenance doses of medication.
D)use quarantines to alleviate the threat to healthy individuals.

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Health psychologists focus on changing or removing behavioral risk factors (such as smoking, poor diet, and lack of exercise) to prevent disease, rather than relying on medication, compensating for genetics, or using quarantines.

To Prevent Disease, Health Psychologists First Try to