However, any change that works towards meeting the goals set out in the Recommendations will go some way to reducing cancer risk. To prevent cancer, people should aim to follow as many as possible of the Cancer Prevention Recommendations. Do people have to follow all the Recommendations?
> A growing number of independent studies shows that the more closely people follow our Recommendations, the lower their risk of developing cancer. They provide a blueprint to beat cancer that people can trust, because they are based on evidence that has now proved consistent for decades. The Cancer Prevention Recommendations work together as an overall way of living healthily to prevent cancer. – Dr Kate Allen, World Cancer Research Fund International’s Executive Director of Science & Public Affairs Will the Recommendations stop people getting cancer? They are also helpful to health professionals in their work with cancer patients and the general public. They are useful to communities and families and individuals to help them reduce their cancer risk, and also to cancer survivors to highlight the best ways to further reduce their cancer risk. They are useful to policymakers because they can inform the development of policy to help people follow them. They are useful to scientists because they can help determine future directions of research. They form a global blueprint, a package that people can follow to help reduce their risk of cancer. The Cancer Prevention Recommendations are the centrepiece of our new report. They can be used by individuals, families, health professionals, communities, policymakers and the media. Our Recommendations are a straightforward way to share our cancer science globally. First, we want to find out what causes cancer, and how what we eat and drink, what we weigh and how active we are affect our risk of getting cancer.īut we also want to share the evidence with as many people as possible, to enable us all to make healthy choices in our daily lives to reduce our risk of cancer and other non-communicable diseases.
The work of World Cancer Research Fund falls into two main parts. We make 10 Recommendations, on weight, exercise, healthy diet, fast foods, meat, sugary drinks, alcohol, supplements, and breastfeeding, and for people with cancer. Only evidence that strongly links a risk factor to cancer is used to make a recommendation. They are based on the latest science available, and derive from the extensive evidence that was analysed for Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective – the Third Expert Report from World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute of Cancer Research. The Recommendations help people to reduce their risk of developing cancer. They can also be used to help form policies that reduce the incidence of cancer more widely. World Cancer Research Fund’s Cancer Prevention Recommendations can help people live cancer-free lives. What are our recommendations and how do they reduce cancer risk?
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