Cancer Death Risk Is Reduced By Brisk Exercise

Specimen : 2,560 men

Age Group : 42 to 61 (with no cancer history)

Location : eastern Finland

Conclusion : half an hour a day can reduce a person's risk of dying from cancer

The study's boffins, from the universities of Kuopio and Oulu in Finland, believe that vigorous physical activity is best for lowering the risk of cancer, and particularly of lung and gastrointestinal cancers.

They say: "The intensity of leisure-time physical activity had a strong and independent association with cancer mortality.

"It should be at least moderate so the beneficial effect of physical activity for reducing overall cancer mortality can be achieved."