In epidemiological research and public health monitoring, diseases are categorized based on their primary etiological factors to help design targeted interventions. A global health agency is monitoring a population cohort to evaluate the preventative impact of modifiable lifestyle interventions, such as smoking cessation, dietary fat reduction, and increased physical activity.
Which of the following monitored conditions has an onset that is entirely determined by genetic inheritance, meaning it cannot be prevented or mitigated by these modifiable lifestyle interventions?
Coronary heart disease
Type 2 diabetes
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Huntington's disease
97 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health, covering 6.3.1 Health and disease, 6.3.2 Interactions between diseases, 6.3.3 Spread of communicable diseases, 6.3.4 Common infections and diseases, 6.3.5 Physical plant defence responses, 6.3.6 Chemical plant defence responses, 6.3.7 Detecting and identifying plant diseases, 6.3.8 White blood cells and platelets, 6.3.9 Non-specific defence systems, 6.3.10 The immune system, 6.3.11 Monoclonal antibodies, 6.3.12 Vaccines and medicines, 6.3.13 Aseptic techniques, 6.3.14 Discovery and development of new medicines, 6.3.15 Causes of non-communicable diseases, 6.3.16 Treatments for cardiovascular disease, 6.3.17 Lifestyle factors and non-communicable diseases, 6.3.18 Cancer, 6.3.19 Stem cells in medicine, 6.3.20 Gene technology in medicine, and 6.3.21 The human genome and medicine. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.