Sometimes the job of trying to get people to live a
healthier lifestyle seems to be, well, highly challenging is the safest way to
put it.
How about this as
evidence of how hard this job can be.
A study published in JAMA Dermatology found that people who
have been diagnosed with a malignant
melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer and one that is directly
related to excess sun exposure, do not lower their sun exposure after
diagnosis.
In fact, they raise it.
In this study of 40 malignant melanoma patients, in the
first year post-diagnosis, daily UVR exposure rose by 25 %.
And in the 2nd year, it rose by 33 %.
Hard to believe, eh.
