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4 February is World Cancer Day - Fancy a cancer stick ??
http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande.../070204_cancer
4 February is World Cancer Day Sun 04/02/07 - "Today's children, tomorrow's world" is the title of the International Union Against Cancer's (UICC) 2007 cancer prevention campaign. The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness of what can be done to prevent cancer and to change people's behaviour towards cancer prevention. Healthy habits established early in life have a significant impact in later years. Behaviour patens are usually already formed before adolescence. A child's environment, his or her home life, school and community are powerfully influences on his or her behaviour in later life. (PhotoNews) Poor diet as a child can lead to cancer in later life Factors such as passive smoking, over-exposure to the sun, lack of physical exercise and poor diet can all contribute to increasing a child's risk from cancer later on in life. While parents have a key role play, experts at the UICC say that governments' decisions about administering cancer vaccinations to children at an early age can also play an important role in determining how well kids will be protected against liver and cervix cancer, once they have grown up . The four main planks of this year's campaign Dr Erwin Declerck of the Flemish Cancer Prevention League. Told VRT radio that this year's campaign is concentrating on tackling four main causes of cancer. (Belga) Parents should aviod smoking in the presence of their children He stressed the importance of maintaining a smoke-free environment for children at home, calling on parents that do smoke to go outside when the want a cigarette. An "energy-balanced lifestyle" with regular physical activity and a low-fat diet is also important in order to avoid childhood obesity that can lead to serious health problems, including cancer, later on in life. Dr Declerck also stressed the importance of protecting children from the sun, in order to guard against skin cancer. He also called on parents to find out the facts about the new GBV and HPV anti-cancer vaccines. |
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