Correct Response: A. The National Institutes of Health states that behaviors learned as a child strongly influence adult behavior. Therefore, children who grow up in a household in which healthy habits are practiced have an extended opportunity to learn positive behaviors that they will be more likely to practice as adults. Although schools can be a strong force in influencing behavior, participating in extracurricular activities (D) may include involvement in non-athletic activities that do not relate to the development of lifelong healthy physical and nutritional habits. Reading magazine articles about the benefits of exercise (B) and watching television programs about food preparation (C) are both passive activities that would be less effective in influencing behavior than the daily reinforcement received from living in a home where healthy habits were valued practices.
