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Moving more

We know that being more active can reduce your risk of cancer and help you stay a healthy weight. But if you’re struggling, or looking for a new challenge, we can help.

How to get active – and stay active
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How to get active – and stay active

How much exercise should I do? What are the different sorts of activity?

Let’s go
All about exercise snacking
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All about exercise snacking

How to limit sitting in your daily life and the new science around exercise snacks

Get moving
Myth busters about exercise
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Myth busters about exercise

Is there a nagging thought in your head that may be putting you off moving more?

Beat those doubts
Being active with a disability
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Being active with a disability

Whatever your abilities, there are lots of ways for wheelchair users to get active

Everybody active
Overcoming barriers to being more active
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Overcoming barriers to being more active

We can help with changing your mindset from exercise to movement

What’s stopping you?
Exercise calorie calculator
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Exercise calorie calculator

How many calories do you burn running? Ironing? Doing yoga? Playing golf?

Get counting
Living with cancer
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Living with cancer

Explore how to be more active if you are living with or beyond a cancer diagnosis

Why it’s important
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Preventing cancer. Saving lives

While society continues to search for a cure, our prevention and survival work helps people to live longer, healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer.