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SIMPCO promotes cancer prevention with a healthy lifestyle message.

It’s Prevention Thursday!

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The Cancer Prevention Workbook 1. Eat a healthy diet A healthy diet is a nutritious approach to reducing your cancer risks. Adopt these principles. · Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Base your diet on fruits, vegetables and other foods from plant sources — such as whole grains and beans. No, there is not evidence […]

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Infographic showing type 2 diabetes risk factors.

Diabetes Risk Factors

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Sometimes diabetes is a disease that happens to you because of unlucky genetics (or simply a family history). Other times it is a disease that you find. Risk factors for developing diabetes includes obesity, older age, and physical inactivity. Gestational diabetes (i.e. that occurring during pregnancy) is an entirely different conversation. The CDC-led National Diabetes

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