Healthy lifestyle reduces cancer risk

Eating fruit and vegetables and keeping weight down can reduce risk of 12 major cancers by 39%, says international reportCutting down on red meat and alcohol while eating more fruit and vegetables could prevent thousands of cancer cases each year, a new report said today.A major study from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) found that an estimated 39% of 12 major cancers could be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle.This included almost half (43%) of cases of bowel cancer and 42% of breast cancer cases.Increasing the amount of fresh vegetables and fruit in the diet and cutting down on alcohol could prevent 67% of cases of mouth, pharynx and larynx cancer each year, the report said.This is equivalent to more than 3,300 cases each year in the UK.For cancer of the oesophagus, 75% of cases (around 5,800 cases a year) could be prevented with increased intake of fruit and...

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