Healthy living
Shape up and reduce your cancer risk
Race for Life is a great opportunity to kickstart a healthier
lifestyle or something to fit into your usual fitness regime.
Keep active
Physical activity is a really important part of a healthy
lifestyle and can help to protect against
breast cancer and
bowel cancer. It doesn’t have to be strenuous but you should
try to be active regularly. Just half an hour of moderate activity,
like walking, swimming or even housework, on five days each week
can have a positive effect on your health. And the more active you
are, the more you can reduce your cancer risk.
Keep a healthy weight
After not smoking, keeping a healthy weight is one of the best
ways to reduce the risk of cancer.
Cancer Research UK has
teamed up with Weight Concern to produce
Ten Top Tips for a healthy weight. These have been designed to
fit into your daily life and are based on the best scientific
evidence. They can help you to take in fewer calories through food
and burn more calories through activity.
Eating a healthy, balanced diet can also help to cut the odds of
developing some types of cancer, as well as helping you to keep a
healthy weight.
Find out more about the links between lifestyle and cancer, and
get tips and support, on our Healthy
Living website.
Spotting cancer early can save lives
Visit our Spot
Cancer Early website to learn more about the signs and symptoms
of cancer and watch videos about spotting bowel, breast, lung and
mouth cancers early.