Only one in 20 U.S. cancer survivors is meeting experts’ recommendations on fitness, diet and cigarette smoking, according to a new survey.
In 2006, the American Cancer Society issued the following guidelines for cancer survivors: get at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-strenuous exercise (or an hour of strenuous exercise) per week; eat at least five servings of fruits and veggies per day; and stop smoking.
However, in a survey of 9,105 U.S. survivors of six different cancer types, researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, found that only 5 percent of the survivors were meeting all three requirements.
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