Move4Health 2012: Move More to Fight Cancer

The annual ISCP Move4Health Campaign for 2012 Move More to Fight Cancer focuses on the significant impact regular exercise can have on cancer p

reventaion and recovery.

Accumulating at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a day can make a difference to your lifetime risk of cancer, says the Irish Society for Chartered Physiotherapists who today launched a new programme to encourage people to battle cancer with exercise.

There are 120,000 people living in Ireland who either have, or have had, cancer, and one in every three men and one in every four women can expect to be affected by the disease at some time in their life.

This years campaign aims to get people to actively tackle cancer and to get people to recognise that in any one day accumulating at least 30 minutes of exercise could make a real difference to their cancer risk. We are also pleased to launch a new tool, the Exercise Pyramid, which was designed in partnership with the Irish Cancer Society.

Speaking about the campaign: Ms. Sine Vasquez, Chartered Physiotherapist specialising in Cancer, Beaumont Hospital, said: “The Move4Health campaign takes account of the fact that everyone has heard get-fit messages before but where cancer is concerned many people aren't aware of the the value of exercise in preventing cancer."

Move More to Fight Cancer will be available at a public talk in Beaumont Hospital on Wednesday 18th April where a qualified Chartered Physiotherapist will be in attendance to answer any questions.

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For further details on the 2012 Campaign please have a look at the Move More to Fight Cancer information posters and leaflets below (Please note permission to reproduce/place links to these posters/leaflets must be sought in advance and be attributed to the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists):

To download the M4H Poster in A4 size please follow this link: 

  ISCP M4H Physcial Activity Pyramid Poster A4 (6.65 MB)

To download the M4H Poster in A3 size please follow this link:

 ISCP M4H Physcial Activity Pyramid A3 Poster (6.65 MB)

To download the ISCP M4H Leaflet please follow this link:

 ISCP M4H 2012 Leaflet (8.44 MB)

To download the Irish Cancer Society 'Reduce Your Risk' Booklet follow this link:

 Reduce Your Risk Booklet (3.12 MB)

To download the Move4Health Press Release 2012 please follow this link:

 Move4Health Move More to Fight Cancer Press Release 23rd April (404.13 kB)

  To Listen to the ISCP Move4Health Radio Ad please click below:

  Radio Ad (791.33 kB)