Humans Have Increased Their Access to Resources and Made Advances

Multiple Choice

Humans have increased their access to resources and made advances that have reduced limiting factors. Engineering has helped humans bring energy resources where they are needed, divert water away from cities and to crops, built buildings that can withstand earthquakes, created medicines and medical procedures that save lives, and much more. Why then are diseases like heart disease and diabetes still causing many deaths?

A) Medicine for these diseases has not been researched and developed enough to prevent death.
B) People inherit these diseases.
C) Low-income nations still have inadequate access to clean water.
D) People live more sedentary lifestyles and eat more processed foods.
E) These diseases have spread globally, largely due to immigration.