HMS, HIC EQ-Bank 014 MC

A 45-year-old female attends her general practitioner for a check-up. The doctor notices she has gained 8kg since her last visit and recommends she increases her daily physical activity levels from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

Which determinant of health is the doctor primarily addressing?

Biomedical factors
Environmental factors
Health behaviours
Socioeconomic characteristics

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\(C\)

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C is correct because an increase in physical activity is a health behaviour. Physical activity is an action that individuals can choose to engage in that directly affects their health status.

Other options:

A is incorrect as biomedical factors relate to genetic, physiological, or pathological aspects.
B is incorrect as environmental factors relate to surroundings rather than individual actions.
D is incorrect as socioeconomic characteristics relate to social and economic standing.