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Everyday Choices For A Healthier Life

The best defenses against cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke are the everyday choices we make about our health. To get that message out, the American Cancer Society has joined forces with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association to get the word out on the lifesaving benefits of eating right, staying active, not smoking, and seeing your doctor on a regular basis. Ready to get started?

Eat Right
A healthy diet is the key to a healthy body weight—and keeping your weight in check reduces your risk of disease, including many forms of cancer. Here's some advice to get you started.
ACS Guidelines for Eating Well
Sample Menu for 5-A-Day
The Diet, Fitness, and Cancer Connection

Get Active
If you can devote 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, to physical activity, you are well on your way to being fit for life. Let's get going!
Tips to Make Exercise Work for You
Calories Burned in Various Activities
Raise Your Child to Be Active

Don't Smoke
Did you know successful quitters now outnumber smokers in the US? Their secret was to find help. ACS is here to help; call our free Quitline at 1-800-ACS-2345.
Plan Your Quit Day
Cravings, Staying Quit, More
Secondhand Smoke

See Your Doctor
Don't let disease sneak up on you. Early detection saves lives.
American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer
Mammogram Reminder Tool
Recommended Health Screenings from ACS/ADA/AHA
 
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