Prevention. There's nothing like it. And what great news it is that girls as young as 12 can already start protecting themselves against breast cancer.

Just like middle-aged women are encouraged to work out to lower their risk of developing this disease, new research concludes that exercise during the teen years can prevent breast cancer in later years.

So here's the scoop: Women who were physically active as teens and young adults were 23 percent less likely to develop pre-menopausal breast cancer than women who grew up sedentary. Having the biggest impact was regular exercise between the ages of 12 to 22. And the women with the lowest risk reported running or exercising vigorously three or more hours per week. Although post-menopausal breast cancer was not studied, it's likely exercise helps all the same.

Time to get your daughters off the couch!

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One of my all-time favorite goals in life is to feel good about myself. I want to feel good about my state of mind and the state of my health, about my family and my job. I want to feel at peace about the decisions I make and the manner in which I relate to others. I want to feel upbeat and positive about the curve balls life throws at me. And toward the top of my feel-good list is this: I want to feel good in my skin.

I don't have the magic recipe for achieving all this goodness. But SHAPE magazine offers 25 tips that I might just borrow. Here are 12 of them.

• Find balance
• Show off
• Achieve exercise
• Get sleep
• Find support
• Seek mentors
• Take a break
• Write it down
• Do tell
• Forget envy
• Go positive
• Celebrate success

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