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May 24, 2005

Put Down the PS2 Paddle

Posted by Bill

More on the obesity/sedentary lifestyle cancer influence:

Being physically active boosts the odds that breast cancer patients will survive the disease, according to the first study to produce evidence that exercise improves the prospects of beating any malignancy.
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The findings add strong new support to the growing body of evidence that healthy lifestyle factors such as eating well and exercising regularly provide significant health benefits, possibly even offering protection against cancer recurrences about on par with radiation and chemotherapy.

Posted by Bill at May 24, 2005 07:56 PM | TrackBack (1)

Comments

Some people will still say "Hey, give me the radiation and chemotherapy. It's less work."

Posted by: TallDave at May 24, 2005 11:34 PM

This is one of those studies that you can file under : "No shit, Sherlock."

Posted by: kirk at May 25, 2005 11:04 AM

I'd disagree; most people are not aware that cancer risk factors increase with either inactivity or obesity. Many folks think heart disease, but not cancer.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at May 25, 2005 11:06 AM