With more than 90,000 new cancer cases a year in the US, A new study has shown that 30 minutes of physical activity per day can help decrease the risk of cancer and many other chronic diseases including heart disease and diabetes. The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) in Washington, D.C., cites as many as 49,000 cases of breast cancer and 43,000 cases of colon cancer are linked to a lack of physical activity.
“This gives us some idea of the cancers we could prevent by getting people to be more active,” says epidemiologist Christine Friedenreich of Alberta Health Services in Calgary, Canada. Calculations are based on U.S. physical activity data and cancer incidence statistics. “This is a conservative estimate,” she says. “The more physical activity you do, the lower your risk of these cancers.”
With the overwhelming health benefits of daily exercise, why is it that less and less people are participating in physical activity to improve their health? Which leads me to the question, should we have mandatory conditioning? With the rising cost of health care, prescription drugs, co-pays and insurance deductibles, companies should have the right to have a mandatory conditioning program. There is no excuse for the Government not to have a mandatory conditioning program; all government employees should follow the same conditioning program as the military. Many people are outrage over “Obamacare” but aren’t taking responsibility over their lack of care for themselves. If we want to put a major dent in our growing deficit, we all need to take more responsibility over our physical health.
By Adrian M Williams
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