Only a third of cancer survivors receive advice on weight control and improving their diet from health care professionals, and less than half are informed about the benefits of physical activity.Individuals who do receive advice on losing weight, salt and fat intake, and exercise are three to eight times more likely to engage in healthy behaviors than those who did not.“We need more effort to deliver lifestyle behaviors to patients,” Chao Cao, PhD, MPH, instructor in the department of medical oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, told Healio.ASCO, American Cancer Society and American
