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How a healthy lifestyle can help

Living with cancer can be overwhelming, even if treatment has been successful. Emotional and psychological concerns and worries can still affect you and it is common to feel that you have no control, particularly during treatment. However, you can take control of some areas. For example, you can make decisions about having a healthier lifestyle, including doing more exercise and changing what you eat.

You can set yourself goals to lead to a healthier life that is appropriate to you. Evidence suggests that making even small changes to your lifestyle can help improve your mood. Lifestyle changes that may help with your emotions include:

Find out more about making a lifestyle plan here: