Weight & Cancer

Yet another reason to maintain healthy body weight throughout your life: Women who gain roughly 30 or more pounds between the ages of 20 and 55 have twice the risk of developing post-menopausal breast cancer, found in April study of more than 70,000 women from the National Cancer Institute.  Weight gain after 55 -which is even harder to combat due to a slowing metabolism-increases risk too.  To stay healthy, shoot for a body mass index (BMI) fo 24.9 or lower.

Exercise and and eating right will help you combat cancer.  A healthy life style is vital to a long life.

• Published by connie on January 21st, 2011 in Blog, Eating Right, Exercises, Health & Wellness, Information, News & Research, Uncategorized, Weightloss.
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