NEETZoologyHuman Health and Diseases
What factors affect health?
Options
- AGenetic disorders, infections, and lifestyle
- BFood and water intake, exercise, and habits
- CMental state, rest, and neural system
- DEndocrine system, immune system, and good humor
Correct answer
A. Genetic disorders, infections, and lifestyle
Step-by-step solution
Explanation :Early Greeks and Indian Ayurveda system of medicine believed that a person's health was determined by the balance of certain "humors" in the body, and that persons with "black bile" belonged to hot personality and would have fevers. William Harvey disproved the "good humor" hypothesis of health by discovering the blood circulation and demonstrating normal body temperature in persons with black bile using a thermometer. According to biology, the mind influences health through the neural and endocrine sy