New research shows less than one-quarter of cancer survivors are regularly physically active, and more than 18 percent are obese, similar to those of the general population.
A healthy lifestyle is more crucial and encouraged to patients after they beat cancer to help prevent recurrences of the disease and live longer.
"This is an important finding to underscore the fact that cancer survivors need to pay attention to their health," said Kevin Stein, director of Quality of Life Research at the American Cancer Society. "You've dodged a bullet for the time being, but cancer survivors are actually at an increased risk for a number of health conditions, including cancer recurrence."
Research of information based on interviews with more than 114,000 people in Canada including patient's cancer history, weight, height and physical activity were all supplied by the respondents to conclude that 34 percent of cancer survivors were overweight, almost one in five was obese, and fewer than 22 percent of cancer survivors reported being physically active.
Poor outcomes in long term survival have been reported due to unhealthy living and lack of physicfal activity in people who had cancer, so if you beat cancer, do yourself a favor and take back your life by eating right and exercising.
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