title: Recommendations for a lifestyle which could prevent breast cancer and its relapse: physical activity and dietetic aspects.
abstract: External factors such as eating habits and physical activity have an important impact on breast cancer risk. This paper reviews the literature on the relationship between breast cancer and lifestyle. It aims to produce recommendations regarding physical activity and dietary intake for clinical practice. Although strong clinical evidence of the impact of lifestyle modifications is still lacking, practising healthy eating should be encouraged for the prevention of cancer, its occurrence or relapse. Physical activity is recommended to avoid excessive weight gain. For example, the beneficial effects on the risk of breast cancer could be achieved by walking half an hour per day. Three to five hours per week of moderate physical exercise therefore should be recommended for optimising the reduction of the risk of cancer. For most women, moderate to intense activity, such as heavy housework, brisk walking, or dancing, could provide an effective level of activity to keep reduce the risk of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Département de Radiothérapie, Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire, 108 bis. Avenue Albert Raimond, St Priest en Jarez, France. nicolas.magne@icloire.fr
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magné
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melis
authors.forename: Cyrus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chargari
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castadot
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Guichard
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barani
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nourissat
authors.forename: Rémy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Largillier
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacquin
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chauvin
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Merrouche
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004046:Dietetics; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012008:Recurrence; D012306:Risk