Question

Which statement is not a prediction of the hygiene hypothesis?

Children who frequently play outside should develop allergic diseases less often than children who don’t play outside.

Children who never wash their hands or bathe will be less likely to develop immune disorders than children who wash regularly.

The more infectious diseases an individual is exposed to as a child, the less likely that the person will be to develop immune disorders as an adult.

Extensive use of antibiotics as a child may affect how the body responds to future bacterial invasions

Pathogens that have long historical associations with humans, such as H. pylori, should be more positively related to immune system function than pathogens with more recent associations.