Possible health risk of eating GM foods includes which of the following?

• A. Diabetes
• B. Food related allergies
• C. Hypertension
• D. Obesity

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that allergenicity is the health risk most discussed with GM foods. Introducing foreign genes can lead to new or altered proteins in a crop, and some of these proteins might act as allergens for certain people. That’s why safety assessments for GM foods focus on whether the introduced proteins could trigger allergic reactions, using checks like similarity to known allergens and how the protein behaves in digestion. In contrast, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity are more about overall diet patterns, nutrient balance, and lifestyle rather than being specific, inherent risks of the genetic modification itself.