Inactive Teens May Be More Prone To Brain Cancer
October 7th 2009 23:20
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David Goodhue - AHN Reporter
Washington, DC (AHN) - The most common form of brain cancer may be linked to early life physical activity and height, according to a new study.
Researchers with the National Cancer Institute said gliomas, which account for almost 80 percent of all cancers of the brain and central nervous system, may be related to inactivity during adolescence.
Although not much has been discovered about the cause of gliomas, the NCI researchers said in a statement that since the brain develops rapidly during childhood, it could also be more susceptible to environmental influences like exercise during this time.
Of almost 500,000 men and women interviewed about physical activity, body weight and height between 1995 and 1996, 480 were eventually diagnosed with glioma. The researchers concluded that the brain cancer rates of those reporting they were physically active as children were about 36 percent lower than those who led sedentary lives in their younger years.
The results of the study are available in the online edition of the journal Cancer Research
Something for you to think about and the teenagers, too.
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