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Do my habits really affect my health?
Yes, very much so. All of the major causes of death (such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease and injury) can be prevented in part by making healthy lifestyle choices.
Don't smoke or use tobacco.
Smoking and using tobacco are very dangerous habits. Smoking causes 440,000 deaths in the United States every year. More preventable illnesses (such as emphysema, mouth, throat and lung cancer, and heart disease) are caused by tobacco use than by anything else. The sooner you quit, the better.
Limit how much alcohol you drink.
This means no more than 2 drinks a day for men and 1 …show more content…
Other environmental and lifestyle factors in a person’s history such as alcohol addiction, drug addiction, smoking, diet, exercise, and weight problems may also affect inherited risks. The National Society of Genetic Counselors also lists birth defects, learning problems, mental retardation, and vision or hearing losses at a young age as relevant data. For some families, intermixing of different racial or ethnic backgrounds may be pertinent as well as living in or travelling to foreign