More tips to stay healthy and reduce cancer risk
The links below offer resources and suggestions on how to exercise better, eat more nutritious foods, and kick the smoking habit. These tips are beneficial not only to Dana-Farber patients but also to anyone interested in improving their health and in possibly reducing their risk of cancer.
Exercise advice
Monthly spotlight: Cancer and exercise
Learn about the connection between exercise levels and cancer through this list of resources, including tips to increase daily exercise, patients' personal stories, and news articles.
Tips: Walking as exercise
Want to start a walking program? Follow this advice to begin in fine form.
How to take ten thousand steps a day
Walking 10,000 steps a day is preventive medicine. Here's how to make the quota.
How to warm up, stretch, and cool down
Follow these suggestions on how to best prepare for exercise.
Integrative therapies: Physical exercise
An explanation of how exercise can benefit the body during cancer treatment.
Video: PACE (Prevention Against Cancer through Exercise) study
This study helps women with an increased risk of breast cancer by encouraging them to exercise.
Nutrition suggestions
Nutrition services
Extensive resources written and gathered by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's nutritionists on healthy eating.
Recipes archive
Browse the recipes for food ideas packed with nutritional and cancer-fighting benefits.
Ask the Nutritionist
Answers to cancer patients' questions about nutrition during and after cancer treatment.
Nutrition resources
A list of suggested books and Web sites that offer sound nutrition advice.
How to quit smoking
Dana-Farber expert offers tips for kicking the habit
Bruce E. Johnson, MD, director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, shares his suggestions on how to stop smoking.
