Walking distance to reduce the risk of cancer

Walking distance to reduce the risk of cancer

Walk an hour a day during the week can lower the risk of breast cancer significantly for women after menopause.

This report comes from American Cancer Community examining 73.000 woman for 17 years. They say this is the first research that specifically associate the walk with a decreased risk of cancer.

Meanwhile, experts in the United Kingdom say these findings reinforce the expectation that lifestyle affects cancer risk.

A poll conducted by the Ramblers charity institutions found that a quarter of older people just walk about an hour a week.

Though being active is one way to reduce the risk of cancer.

Recreational activities

Research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention is observing & disease progression of cancer in elderly women 73.000.

They were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their health and how much they do activities such as walking, swimming and aerobics. They also asked how long they spend time sitting, watching television or reading.

They fill the same questionnaire in the interval of two years between 1997 and 2009.

Of all the women who researched, 47% of them say they are merely recreational activities within walking distance.

Their rooftop walk at least seven hours a week had a 14% lower risk compared with women who walk under three hours a week.

Dr. Alpa Patel, an expert in the epidemiology of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta Georgia, us, who led the research, said: "Promoting walking as a healthy leisure activity may be an effective strategy to increase physical activity women are post-menopausal.

"We are very pleased to discover that without other recreational activities, walking an hour a day can play a role in reducing the risk of breast cancer.

"Activity was heavier and longer could certainly continue to lower the risks."

The Chief Executive of breast cancer Campaign in the United Kingdom, Baroness Delyth Morgan, said: "this Research adds new evidence that lifestyle choices can be instrumental in lowering cancer risk, even small changes can make a difference in everyday life.

"We know that guns are terampuh to overcome breast cancer is to prevent it."