Walking more ‘would save thousands’ of lives in the UK reports the BBC

The latest report said that if everyone, in England alone, did the recommended 150 minutes of moderate physical exercise every week it would:

• Save 37,000 lives each year
• Prevent 6,700 cases of breast cancer
• Stop 4,700 people getting colorectal cancer
• Lead to nearly 300,000 fewer cases of type 2 diabetes.

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