Amount and Intensity of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Lower Cancer Risk

2019279 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Charles E. Matthews · National Cancer Institute

Steven C. Moore · Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Hannah Arem · George Washington University

Michael B. Cook · National Cancer Institute

Britton Trabert · National Cancer Institute

Niclas Håkansson · Karolinska Institutet

Susanna C. Larsson

Abstract

Health care providers, fitness professionals, and public health practitioners should encourage adults to adopt and maintain physical activity at recommended levels to lower risks of multiple cancers.

Topics & Keywords

Physical Activity and Health Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Behavioral Health and Interventions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 38, Issue 7, pp. 686-697

DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.02407

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