This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Concept of health and disease, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Primordial prevention is done in a population 
Select and explain. 
A. With risk factors, B. Without risk factors, C. With low prevalence of disease, D. With disease
B: Without risk factors
Answer: B: Without risk factors 
Explanation: Primordial prevention aims at preventing the emergence of risk factors. This is the primary prevention in its purest sense, that is, prevention of emergence or development of risk factors in countries or population groups in which they have not yet appeared. Ref: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine; 24th edition - Page no. 45