While the numbers of deaths from cancer have been declining, many malignancies could be prevented by exercising, eating right, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking.
Two issues are important.
One issue is nutrition, exercise and the fight against obesity and the other is the battle to cut tobacco use.
If you consider that 15 to 20 percent of cancer deaths are related to obesity and another 30 percent of cancer deaths are due to tobacco use, that's 50 percent of all people with cancer.
Quitting smoking and avoiding obesity are things that people can do themselves.
The experts call for a move toward a "culture of wellness" in the United States. This culture would embrace healthy living as a goal and promote a healthy lifestyle as a way of achieving wellness.
Despite progress in diagnosis and treatment, cancer continues to account for more than a half million deaths each year in the United States, with almost 1.5 million new cases diagnosed annually. Two-thirds of these deaths, and many thousands of new cases, could be avoided through lifestyle changes.
Tobacco is the leading cause of lung cancer, but it's also responsible for most cancers of the larynx, oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus and bladder.
In addition, it is a cause of kidney, pancreatic, cervical and stomach cancers, along with acute myeloid leukemia.
We really need to get rid of tobacco.
Obesity has been linked to a variety of cancers, including colon, breast, kidney, ovarian and pancreatic cancer.
There are very definitive studies showing that moderate exercise reduces your risk of breast cancer and colon cancer.
In addition, living a healthy lifestyle lowers a person's risk of cancer recurrence and improves outcomes after cancer.
Resource:
Forbes
Forbes
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