Cancer can seem unavoidable, but we luckily know that certainbehaviors and health choices are correlated with a higher risk ofcancer. In this part of the course project, you will create anaction plan based on the strategies you learned in this module tominimize cancer risk that is applicable to your own life. Next,think about your current lifestyle and habits. Given the idealbehaviors for minimizing cancer risk, what changes could you maketo the way you live now?
Potential changes fall into three broad categories: lifestylechanges, eating habits, the way you prepare your food. Select fivespecific changes that you can make and write them in the“Anti-Cancer†section of the table on page 4 of this document.Then, explain the science behind why each one may have an impact onyour risk for cancer.
Action PlanTable
Tip: Make each action step asspecific and personal as possible. Don’t just repeat thestrategy—tell us how you will incorporate it into yourroutine. Here are a few examples:
- Bad Example: I willexercise more.
- Good Example: I will do20 jumping jacks before breakfast every morning.
- Bad Example: I will eatmore fruit.
- Good Example: I willreplace my morning doughnut with a citrus fruit 4x perweek.
| ActionStep | Rationale |
Anti-Cancer | Lifestylechange 1. | Science says these changeswill make an impact by… |
Lifestylechange 2. | |
Eatinghabits 3. | |
Eatinghabits 4. | |
Foodpreparation 5. | |
Anti- Osteoporosis | Sources ofCalcium
| Science says calcium isimportant because... |
Anti-Hypertension | Relaxationstrategy 1. | Science says these changeswill make an impact by… |
Stress managementstrategy 2. | |
Lifestylechange 3. | |
Dietarychange 4. | |
