Episode 12: MWB: Breast Cancer Awareness

On this episode of Mommying While Black™, we discuss the latest happenings, but get into October being Breast Cancer Awareness month.  According to the American Cancer Society's Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans 2019 - 2021, "Among all racial/ethnic groups combined in the US, at least 42% of newly diagnosed cancers are potentially avoidable, including 19% caused by smoking and the 18% that are caused by a combination of excess body weight, physical inactivity, excess alcohol consumption, and poor nutrition."   Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in African American women with eight states carrying the highest incidence rates in the US--Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and Virginia.   Educate yourself by knowing your family history. Get screened early and often. Eat well.  Exercise daily.  Remove stressors. Keep GOD first. Mommying While Black IG @mommyingwhileblk www.mommyingwhileblack.com