Exercise during adolescence linked to lowered risk of death later

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/aafc-eda072715.php

Public Release: 31-Jul-2015
Exercise during adolescence linked to lowered risk of death later
American Association for Cancer Research

Main Finding(s): Women who participated in exercise as adolescents had a reduced risk of death from cancer and all causes in their middle and older ages.

Journal in Which the Study was Published: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Author: Sarah J. Nechuta, MPH, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee

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