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July 2009 issue of Research Update

Women running for breast cancer

Complete Issue (PDF, 4 pages, 150 KB)

Facilitating Physical Activity Among Women with Breast Cancer (PDF, 2 pages, 123 KB)
Jeff Vallance, Athabasca University Centre for Nursing and Health Studies

Recent evidence suggests that breast cancer survivors who are physically active live longer and have a reduced chance of cancer recurrence. This article presents research that explores strategies for facilitating breast cancer patients and survivors to do more physical activity.

Developing BANKS, A Nutrition Survey for Canadians (PDF, 2 pages, 66 KB)
Lynne Lafave and Mark Lafave, Mount Royal Faculty of Health and Community Studies

This article provides an overview of the development and scientific validation of a survey to measure Canadians’ nutrition behaviours and how these behaviours relate to their attitudes and knowledge around nutrition. This survey is called the Canadian BANKS (Behaviours, Attitudes and Nutrition Knowledge Survey).

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