How to drive down your cancer risk

Lately there have been lots of scary headlines about cancer rates rising in younger adults.

What can you do to drive down your cancer risk?

Norman and Tegan offer some practical tips, and discuss what's in your control versus what isn't.

References:

• Overview of cancer in Australia, 2025 - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Effects of diets on risks of cancer and the mediating role of metabolites
• Be physically active – Cancer Council
• Exercise packs a punch in fending off cancer – the Health Report
• “You do not get cancer by chance”: Communicating the role of environmental causes in cancer diseases and the risk of a “guilt rhetoric”  

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