Morton is 90 pounds overweight and has both high blood pressure and high serum cholesterol. However, it has never occurred to Morton that he might be a candidate for cardiovascular disease if he does not change his lifestyle. According to Prochaska's transtheoretical model, Morton is in the _____ stage.
A) precontemplation
B) maintenance
C) contemplation
D) final
Question 2
Because of the nature of health habits, what is true about predicting and changing health behaviors?
A) Behaviors are often predicted more by people's beliefs than by their past behaviors.
B) Behavior is often best changed by changing people's beliefs about health behaviors.
C) Changing beliefs is motivating, but concrete skills and steps change behavior more.
D) Beliefs are more ingrained than habits; thus intention guarantees behavior change.
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Reverse Cholesterol Transport Pathway
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