Question

Emerging adults fail to develop health-promoting habits because they:
a. do not consider how their lifestyle will affect them later in life.
b. believe that good genes will override any unhealthy behaviors.
c. are reluctant to be seen as health-conscious.
d. lack knowledge about which behaviors are healthy and unhealthy.

Answer 1

Answer: a. do not consider how their lifestyle will affect them later in life.

Explanation:

Emerging adults are not able to focus on their eating habits which may lead to either over gain of weight or due to low diet the weight does not match the age standards. This may lead to the problem of obesity or low blood pressure considerably and this condition may remain prominent for an appreciable lifetime.

Emerging adults to explore the sexual lifestyle become susceptible to sexually transmitted infections, as well as they,  adopt unhealthy behavior patterns. Thus these bad experiences with physical and mental health may affect the lifestyle in the future.