Women who take up some physical activity after the menopause reduce their chances of developing breast cancer.
Walking four hours a week, or cycling or engaging in any sport for two hours a week, reduce their risk of developing invasive breast cancer by 10 per cent, say researchers from the Institute Gustave Roussy in France.
The great news is that you don’t have to do vigorous or frequent exercise; just walking for 30 minutes every day is enough.
They discovered the protective effects of exercise when they analysed the responses of 59,308 post-menopausal women, and followed their progress for nearly nine years.
(Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 2014; doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0150)
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