- Manage Your Risk
- Physical Activity
Staying active can help you lower your risk of many types of cancer including breast, colorectal and uterine cancers. Exercise lowers your cancer risk in several ways:
- Exercise helps you maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight or obese raises your risk for several cancers.
- Exercise helps your body regulate hormone levels. Increased levels of some hormones can increase your cancer risk.
- Exercise speeds digestion, which may reduce the time that potentially harmful substances are in the colon.
Sit less. Extended periods of sitting increase your cancer risk, even if you exercise regularly. Sitting too much also increases your risk for obesity, which leads to cancer and other chronic diseases. Try to get up and move for at least one to two minutes every hour that you are awake.
Get active. The recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes vigorous exercise each week. It’s best to do a combination of both, and you don’t have to do it all at one time. You can split up your activity into short intervals of as little as 10 minutes.
During moderate exercise, you should be able to talk, but not sing. Examples of moderate activities include walking, yoga and mowing the lawn.
During vigorous activity, you can say a few words, but you can’t hold a conversation. Examples of vigorous activity include running or jogging, fast bicycling and swimming.
Build strength. Perform muscle strengthening exercises at least twice a week. Strength training helps you maintain a healthy weight by building muscle, which boosts your metabolism. Strength trainingXổ số miền bắc thứ 4 hàng tuần, also called resistance training, should be done in addition to moderate and vigorous exercise.
Get kids moving. Kids need exerciseXổ số miền bắc thứ 4 hàng tuần just like adults do. Encouraging your children to exercise every day, you build good habits that will affect their health for a lifetime.
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BMI Calculator
Xổ số miền bắc thứ 4 hàng tuầnBody Mass Index (BMI) is a tool to help you determine if you are a healthy weight. Fill out the fields below to get your BMI.
BMI | Classification |
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18 or less | Underweight |
19 - 24 | Healthy |
25 - 29 | Overweight |
30+ | Obese |
Xổ số miền bắc thứ 4 hàng tuầnYour BMI indicates that you are underweight. Talk to your doctor about ways to maintain a healthy weight. No matter what your weight is, eating a plant-based diet and staying physically active can reduce your risk for cancer.
Xổ số miền bắc thứ 4 hàng tuầnYour BMI is in the normal range. If you have questions or concerns about your BMI or maintaining a healthy weight, talk to your doctor. No matter what your weight is, eating a plant-based diet and staying physically active can reduce your risk for cancer.
Xổ số miền bắc thứ 4 hàng tuầnYour BMI is in the overweight range. Maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most important things you can do to reduce your risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. You can take steps to maintain a healthy weight.
Xổ số miền bắc thứ 4 hàng tuầnYour BMI is in the obese range. Maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most important things you can do to reduce your risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. You can take steps to maintain a healthy weight.
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