The practice of physical exercise, as many studies have found, is beneficial to health. And not only because physical activity helps fight obesity and its related diseases - among others, type 2 diabetes, but also because it also reduces the risk of many other pathologies associated with great morbidity and mortality. This is the case, among others and mainly, of cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death worldwide with about 17.5 million deaths only in 2012. And, also, many types of cancer.

In fact, a new study conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the United States finds that the usual practice of physical exercise is associated with a very significant reduction in the risk of occurrence of up to 13 of the most cancers Common and fatal.

So, according to Steven C. Moore, director of this research published in the journal "JAMA Internal Medicine", "Our findings support the promotion of physical activity as a key component of cancer prevention and control efforts In the whole population.