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How inherited fitness may affect breast cancer risk

  • Written by Henry J. Thompson, Director Cancer Prevention Laboratory, Colorado State University
imagePhysical activity has long been considered a way to lower risk for breast cancer. vectorfusionart/Shutterstock.com

Repeated studies have shown that physical inactivity, and the occurrence of obesity to which it is linked, increases the risk for many chronic diseases, including breast and other cancers.

In fact, the evidence is so compelling that the...

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