Walking and yoga ‘can cut risk of cancer spreading or returning’

Research found those who took up yoga had ‘significantly lower levels of pro-inflammatory markers’ compared with patients who did not practise the activity. Photograph: Alistair Berg/Getty Images

Walking for 30 minutes a day and practising yoga can help reduce fatigue in cancer patients and cut the risk of the disease spreading, coming back or resulting in death, research suggests.

Globally, more than 18 million people develop cancer every year. It is well known that being inactive raises your risk of various forms of the disease.