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Eating a Healthy Diet--and Leading an Active Lifestyle--Can Help Lower the Chances of Getting a Number of Serious Diseases (English-Language)
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DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE IS
REMINDING AMERICANS THAT EATING A HEALTHY DIET--AND LEADING AN ACTIVE
LIFESTYLE--CAN HELP LOWER THE CHANCES OF GETTING A NUMBER OF SERIOUS
DISEASES--INCLUDING SOME TYPES OF CANCER, HEART DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, STROKE, AND DIABETES. DOCTOR TANYA AGURS-COLLINS
[LIKE "EGGERS"; HARD "A"], OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, HAS
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(AGURS-COLLINS):
"LIFESTYLE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED RISK FOR THESE
DISEASES INCLUDE: NOT EATING ENOUGH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, EATING TOO
MANY FOODS HIGH IN SATURATED FATS, AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE.
IN FACT, EATING A DIET THAT CONTAINS FIVE TO NINE SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES, A DAY--AS PART OF A HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFESTYLE--LOWERS THE
RISK OF ALL OF THESE DISEASES. IN ADDITION, A DIET HIGH IN
CALORIES AND/OR FAT APPEARS TO BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN OBESITY--WHICH,
ALONG WITH RELATED METABOLIC CONSEQUENCES, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A RISK
FACTOR FOR SEVERAL FORMS OF CANCER."
(CLOSE):
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DIET AND CANCER, VISIT
"CANCER"-DOT-GOV.
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