Women may lessen risks in womb cancer by watching their diet, exercising and drinking coffee, according to a study and a report published separately.

BBC News reports that researchers at Imperial College, London, found that subscribing to a healthy diet and devoting time for exercise of as much as 30 minutes per day will lessen the risk of womb cancer. In the UK, the occurrence of womb cancer is increasing, with about 3,700 cases documented per year. Meanwhile, the World Cancer Research Fund report likewise discovered that drinking coffee may reduce risk for the disease, although more evidence has yet to be gathered for the claim.

Author of the study, Dr.Teresa Norat, disclosed that keeping a fit figure and eating right are essential for reducing the risk. "If you are physically active and if you don't have excess body weight you can reduce your risk of womb cancer and improve your health in general," she told BBC News.

Changing lifestyle is key to lessening risks in womb cancer, especially when there only 56 percent of women in the UK who are physically active, while only 39 percent maintain a healthy weight. Exercising for a minimum of 30 minutes per day, 5 days in a week is quite enough.

Meanwhile, drinking coffee may be a good habit after all, according to Karen Sadler, executive director of the World Cancer Research Fund. Sadler says, "Evidence on coffee is very interesting and is a further indication of the potential link between coffee and the risk of cancer but a lot more work still needs to be done. We need to consider the possible effect on other cancers as well as the impact on other health conditions and we are now looking to conduct further research into this issue," as reported by BBC News.

In the United States, cervical cancer affected 12,357 women in 2009, and 3,909 of these patients died the same year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease is diagnosed mostly in mature women, 60 years old and above.

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