Walking 'cuts breast cancer risk'

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24381469


Post-menopausal women who walk for an hour a day can cut their chance of breast cancer significantly, a study has suggested.

The report, which followed 73,000 women for 17 years, found walking for at least seven hours a week lowered the risk of the disease.

The American Cancer Society team said this was the first time reduced risk was specifically linked to walking.

UK experts said it was more evidence that lifestyle influenced cancer risk.

[SheilaT]

1. It would seem to me that getting out and walking is such

excellent exercise, that the benefit would be far beyond simply cutting breast cancer risk. I'd think heart disease would be the biggest benefit. Less heart disease, that is.