RESEARCH NEWS Women who exercise

moderately may be less likely than their inactive peers to develop breast cancer after menopause, a study suggests.

Researchers found in a study of more than 3,000 women with and without breast cancer, those who’d exercised during their childbearing years were less likely to develop the cancer after menopause. The same was true when women took up exercise after menopause.

The report also showed that regular exercise at any intensity level was linked to a lower breast cancer risk, not just vigorous activity.

The study included 1,500 women with breast cancer and 1,550 cancer-free women the same age. All

were interviewed about their lifetime exercise habits and other lifestyle factors, like smoking and drinking.

Those who’d exercised for 10 to 19 hours a week in their “reproductive years” - the years between having their first child and going through menopause - were one-third less likely to have breast cancer than women who’d been sedentary during that time.

Women who’d started exercising after menopause also had a lower risk. If they averaged 9 to 17 hours a week, they were 30 per cent less likely to have breast cancer than their inactive peers.

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