O Levels Biology (5090)•5090/11/M/J/22

Explanation
Risk factors for coronary heart disease
Steps:
- Identify key risk factors: high-fat diet contributes to artery plaque buildup; smoking damages blood vessels and promotes clotting.
- Match to diseases: coronary heart disease involves blocked arteries leading to heart attacks, worsened by both factors.
- Eliminate unrelated options: anemia from nutrient lack, emphysema mainly from smoking alone, scurvy from vitamin deficiency.
- Confirm: both factors synergistically increase coronary heart disease risk per medical guidelines.
Why B is correct:
- Coronary heart disease results from atherosclerosis, where high-fat diets raise cholesterol and smoking accelerates plaque formation and vessel narrowing.
Why the others are wrong:
- A: Anemia stems from iron or vitamin deficiencies, not fat intake or smoking.
- C: Emphysema destroys lung tissue primarily via smoking, unrelated to high-fat diets.
- D: Scurvy arises from vitamin C deficiency, with no link to fat or smoking.
Final answer: B
Topic: Circulatory system
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