A healthier lifestyle can reduce your risk
Did you know that 4 in 10 cancers in the UK can be prevented?
A healthier lifestyle can significantly reduce your risk of developing cancer in the future. Cancer Research UK recommend 7 ways to cut down your risk of cancer:
- be smoke free
- keep a healthy weight
- be safe in the sun
- drink less alcohol
- eat a high fibre diet
- cut down on processed meat
- be more active
Cancer Research UK have also developed a simple quiz, What’s my cancer risk? which shows you how your lifestyle habits may be increasing the risk of a cancer developing. Based on your answers, it gives suggestions and advice on simple changes you could make.
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