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10 Healthy Lifestyle for Reducing Your Risk of Many Cancers

February 15th, 2010 | 58 Comments | Posted in Cancer

Cancer is a major causes of mortality around the world. Approximately 12 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed and caused more than 7 million deaths worldwide in 2008. A major study from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) found that an estimated 39% of the 12 cancer cases could be prevented by improving the lifestyle choices.

Previous studies have suggested that approximately 43 per cent of bowel cancer cases and 42 per cent of breast cancer cases in the UK could be prevented if people ate more healthily, did regular exercise, maintained a suitable weight and not smoking. Professor Martin Wiseman, project director of the report, also said: �On a global level every year, there are millions of cancer cases that could have been prevented and this is why we need to act now before the situation gets even worse.

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