Need another reason to work out? “A third of cancer deaths are related to obesity, physical inactivity and poor nutrition”

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War on cancer continues to be waged

Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 10:00 am

By ALECIA WARREN Hagadone News Network

In Idaho, one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes, according to Idaho cancer incidence and mortality data from 2005-09, collected by the Cancer Data Registry of Idaho.

Roughly 2,500 Idaho residents die from cancer each year, according to the Comprehensive Cancer Alliance for Idaho. Of those diagnosed across the state this year, 33 percent will die of cancer within five years.

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Claims like Sousley’s, encouraging nutrition and exercise, are valid in staving off cancer and extending the life of cancer patients, Johnson added.

“A third of cancer deaths are related to obesity, physical inactivity and poor nutrition,” he pointed out. “Those could be prevented.”