Healthy Living Can Prevent Nearly 25% of Colorectal Cancers

Healthy Living Can Prevent Nearly 25% of Colorectal Cancers: "As many as 23 percent of colorectal cancers could be prevented if people followed five simple healthy lifestyle recommendations, Danish researchers say.

The recommendations -- which would improve overall health as well -- include exercise, a good diet, moderate drinking, no smoking and maintaining a healthy weight, the researchers say.

'Even a modest difference in your lifestyle habits may have a substantial impact on your colorectal cancer risk,' said lead researcher Dr. Anne Tjonneland of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology of the Danish Cancer Society in Copenhagen."