Youth Action Partners for Development
Youth Action Partners for Development (YAP4D)
Preventing Breast Cancer
Having a generally healthy lifestyle, including being physically active and eating a healthy diet lowers risk.
Being physically active.
We know from research that physical activity can help to prevent breast cancer. Studies have found a protective effect of about 30 to 40%. So being active may lower your risk by about a third. This is probably because physical activity lowers oestrogen and testosterone levels and can delay the start of periods.
Breastfeeding.
Statistics show that if you breastfeed (particularly if you have your children when you are younger) you are less at risk of developing breast cancer. The longer you breastfeed your baby, the more you lower your risk. We don't know exactly why this is. It may be because you don't ovulate so often when you are breastfeeding. Or because breastfeeding changes the cells in the breast and may make them more resistant to the changes that lead to cancer.
Being physically active.
We know from research that physical activity can help to prevent breast cancer. Studies have found a protective effect of about 30 to 40%. So being active may lower your risk by about a third. This is probably because physical activity lowers oestrogen and testosterone levels and can delay the start of periods.
Breastfeeding.
Statistics show that if you breastfeed (particularly if you have your children when you are younger) you are less at risk of developing breast cancer. The longer you breastfeed your baby, the more you lower your risk. We don't know exactly why this is. It may be because you don't ovulate so often when you are breastfeeding. Or because breastfeeding changes the cells in the breast and may make them more resistant to the changes that lead to cancer.
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