John has noticed that many people in his generation tend to be overweight, while pictures of people from older generations show healthy weights when they were his age. what is the most likely reason he is more susceptible to illness?

since you have not provided the options here i   am going to give you general overview about hormone.hormone are actually the part of endocrine system in our body and produced by the endocrine glands. the hormones act like a chemical messenger   within human body. once produce by the glands they   travel through the blood stream and reach at specific or target tissue and organs   which result in control of our body function. the hormones are specific in their work and work on only the targeted tissue or organ   . with the of hormone endocrine system regulate the heart rate , metabolism, our mood and   growth as well as the development and even the sleeping cycle etc. they actually are the messenger for body cell and organs .

the more fit you are, the faster the recovery. your heart rate drops most sharply in the first minute after you stop exercising; it should then fall about 20 beats a minute—a drop of less than 12 beats a minute is considered abnormal. this “recovery heart rate” is measured as part of an exercise stress test.