Change or Die by Alan Deutschman. Fast Company, December 2007. A fascinating article looking at the difficulty of behavior change.
What you need to know about willpower: the psychological science of self-control. Willpower can be strengthened with practice. View the full article here.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science of Behavior Change Initiative funded basic research on how to develop and maintain healthier behaviors.
Interesting fact sheets about physical activity, cancer, and survivorship. Learn more here.
Physical activity may lower the risk of cancer by preventing obesity, reducing inflammation and hormone levels, and improving insulin resistance and immune system function.
Ballard Barbash et.al., Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 2012. Read the article here.
This study suggests that exercise after breast cancer diagnosis may improve overall and disease-free survival. Chen et.al, Cancer Prevention Research, September 2011. Read the full article here.
These findings do not support a protective effect of physical activity on breast cancer recurrence or mortality but do suggest that regular physical activity is beneficial for breast cancer survivors …
Prostate cancer survivors who were physically active had lower risk of all-cause mortality. Kenfield et.al., Journal of Clinical Oncology, February 2011. Find the full article here.
A PDF on the benefits of walking and organizations that promote it.
This review outlines the principal mechanisms that govern the effects of inflammation and immunity on tumor development and discusses attractive new targets for cancer therapy and prevention.
This study looks at the role of obesity-related adipokines in tumor initiation and progression.
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