Inactivity and Overweight Huge factor in Cancer 7,000 Studies
show lifestyle choice even more important than previously
thought Inactivity and obesity were linked to rising cancer
incidences, despite improved screening and a sharp decline in
people smoking pushing down the rate of overall new cancer
diagnoses, according to the 3/29/2012 Wall Street Journal which
reported that: - One-third of common cancers are linked to
excess weight and lack of physical activity, with a growing body
of evidence showing obesity raises the CA risk. - Excess weight
and lack of physical activity linked to preventing disease more
than any specific foods or nutrients. - Since the 1960s tobacco
use is way down, but obesity has ballooned. "The gains made by
reducing tobacco use over the past few decades are at least
partially being offset now by obesity," Susan Mayne, professor
of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and
associate director of the Yale Cancer Center. "People might
think they can do themselves the most goo