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Lifestyle Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Describe one lifestyle factor that can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Do not refer to smoking in your answer.
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- 1 Describes one accepted lifestyle factor other than smoking.
Full-mark answer
Regularly eating a diet high in saturated fat can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Why this answer loses marks
Being obese increases the risk.
The mark scheme ignores obesity here; the response needs a lifestyle behaviour rather than a condition.