Pick a date to begin. It is difficult to adopt new health behaviors if those in your immediate environment are encouraging you to maintain your old ones. Gather support from your family and friends. Help them understand why this is so important to you, and ask for their help. Plan to involve your children and partner in at least some of the activities so you don't feel like you are in this alone.
Women are more likely to die from cancer than any other disease.
Women with Type II Diabetes don't need to worry because they have a milder form of the disease. Both can result in heart disease, loss of vision, and kidney failure. The chances of a woman getting breast cancer have increased greatly. According to the American Cancer Society, in 1980 the average women's chances of developing breast cancer was 1 in 11. By 1992, the rate was 1 in 8.