Research Round Up
05 Feb 20 |
https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djz226
This paper by Teras and colleagues compared with women with stable weight (±2kg), women with sustained weight loss had a lower risk of breast cancer. This risk reduction was linear and specific to women not using postmenopausal hormones, suggesting sustained weight loss is associated with lower breast cancer risk for women aged ≥50 years.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31877085
A new study of 750,000 adults has found that physical activity engagement in recommended amounts of activity (7.5-15 MET hours/week) was associated with a statistically significant lower risk of 7 of the 15 cancer types studied, including colon (8%-14% lower risk in men), breast (6%-10% lower risk), endometrial (10%-18% lower risk), kidney (11%-17% lower risk), myeloma (14%-19% lower risk), liver (18%-27% lower risk), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (11%-18% lower risk in women).
The study concluded that health care providers, fitness professionals, and public health practitioners should encourage adults to adopt and maintain physical activity at recommended levels to lower risks of multiple cancers.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1379-8
This paper conducted an online study in which 782 recruited participants were consecutively assigned to nine-person groups on a social media platform. Participants were shown a unique random set of 20 tailored messages per day over five days. Findings suggest that most study participants had substantial knowledge, awareness, and engagement in positive behaviors related to cervical cancer prevention at the start of the study. Nevertheless, the study found that HPV awareness can be increased through brief participation in an online social media platform and receipt of tailored health messages