Top Five Reasons to Maintain a Healthy Weight in 2007

1. Excess weight may reduce immune defenses.

Many studies have shown that slimmer people are less likely to develop cancer, and trimming excess weight may also improve survival after cancer has been diagnosed. Researchers have shown that overweight people are more likely to show other signs of weakening immunity, such as recurrent infections.

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A Landmark Year

The Cancer Project reached new levels of influence and several milestones this year:

• In 2006, The Cancer Project increased its number of Food for Life nutrition and cooking classes from 511 in 2005 to an amazing 1,800 classes held in 25 states and 61 cities across the country.

• The Cancer Project held a daylong symposium for medical professionals in July. Along with Cancer Project president Neal Barnard, M.D., top scientists and physicians from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and the University of California, San Diego, shared critical research on diet and cancer prevention. Sessions focused on dairy products and prostate cancer, the impact of high-fat diets on breast cancer risk, the importance of cruciferous vegetables, and maintaining a healthy vegan diet.

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