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lung, and prostate. Ultimately, if you can sustain habits that
are generally good for health and body weight—eat a flexitar-
ian diet consisting of mostly whole foods, avoid tobacco, keep
alcohol in moderation, and move your body each day—you
will at the same time reduce your total lifetime odds of get-
ting cancer.

Take charge! To get a feel for your individual risk
for not only twelve cancers but six common chronic
diseases—and gain ideas for preventing them—
I highly recommend spending some time with the
interactive online resource yourdiseaserisk.org.
Provided by the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington
University in St. Louis, the Your Disease Risk™ tool is
rigorously designed yet extremely user-friendly.

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