New research funded by the Victorian Government and led by the Cancer Council through the Victorian Cancer Agency finds more than three times as many cancers are attributable to lack of physical activity than previously reported. It is estimated that 10% of people are physically active, highlighting the importance of creating an environment that supports and promotes physical activity. In Australia.
In this paper, we quantified the proportion of 13 types of cancer that are attributable to physical inactivity. An estimated 6,361 of the cancers observed in 2015 were caused by physical inactivity, accounting for 4.8% of all cancers diagnosed.
This is a 350% increase from the previous estimate that 1,814 cases (1.6% of cancer cases) in Australia in 2010 were attributable to physical inactivity.
This study covers breast cancer, colon cancer, bladder cancer, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastric cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, head and neck cancer, myeloma, myeloid leukemia, liver, and gallbladder cancer. , reflecting that more cancer types are associated with physical inactivity.
If Australian adults had increased their physical activity by a moderate amount (approximately 40 minutes per week) 10 years ago, more than 2,500 cancer cases (1.9% of all cancers) could have been prevented in 2015. It should be.
Lead author of the paper, Associate Professor Brigid Lynch, said the findings provided a modern understanding of the cancer burden of physical inactivity.
We now know that being physically active reduces your risk of 13 types of cancer. This new research highlights the number of individual cancer diagnoses that could have been prevented if Australians were better supported to incorporate regular physical activity into their daily lives.
Ainsley Sartori, deputy chair of the Cancer Council’s Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical Activity Committee, said these findings were essential to improving the way physical activity is considered in cancer prevention policy. There is.
Australia is a country that prides itself on its health system, but it lacks a physical activity plan or nationally coordinated physical activity strategy. Combined with changes in our food supply, eating habits, increased convenience, and ultra-processed foods, we live in an environment that does not encourage healthy lifestyles.
We want to ensure that all Australians have the systems and environments to develop strong physical activity habits that they can stick to and reduce their risk of developing cancer later in life.
The Cancer Council urges all governments to implement the National Preventive Health Strategy and National Obesity Strategy recommendations to create a supportive environment for Australians to increase physical activity and live longer, healthier lives. I am asking you to implement it.
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