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WCRF releases Budget-friendly cookbook
Budget-friendly recipes: Good for you, good for the planet

WCRF releases Budget-friendly cookbook

Our newest cookbook features 10 delicious recipes that are healthy for you and the planet

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World Cancer Research Fund at the Labour Party conference
Labour Party conference in Liverpool, 2024

World Cancer Research Fund at the Labour Party conference

How did World Cancer Research Fund get on when we visited the 2024 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to talk about cancer prevention?

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Latest Global Cancer Update Programme findings published in the International Journal of Cancer
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Latest Global Cancer Update Programme findings published in the International Journal of Cancer

Four linked papers and an editorial evaluate the evidence on diet, nutrition and physical activity to improve colorectal cancer survival

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‘You belong here and we need you’: celebrating women and girls in science
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‘You belong here and we need you’: celebrating women and girls in science

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Healthy New You: Ultra-Processed People – review
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Healthy New You: Ultra-Processed People – review

As part of our series reviewing media that could inspire your journey to better health in 2024, Penny Woods reads Ultra-Processed People

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Be active at Christmas to cut your risk of cancer
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Be active at Christmas to cut your risk of cancer

We encourage people to boot up and go for a walk after their Christmas meal

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Ultra-processed food heightens risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancers
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Ultra-processed food heightens risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancers

Eating UPF can cause obesity, but that may not be the only factor linking highly processed food with upper aerodigestive cancers

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People with obesity and heart diseases at higher risk of cancer
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People with obesity and heart diseases at higher risk of cancer

Study finds that people living with overweight or obesity as well as cardiovascular diseases are more likely to develop cancer

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AI cancer support and prostate cancer exercise trial among projects awarded new funding
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AI cancer support and prostate cancer exercise trial among projects awarded new funding

16 projects awarded funding in World Cancer Research Fund International’s Regular Grant Programme, plus 6 INSPIRE grants for early career investigators.

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Cancer prevention is front-page news
Front pages of The Guardian – Sep 2023

Cancer prevention is front-page news

Cancer prevention is at last rising up the international media and policy agenda, with 3 major stories in the Guardian newspaper in September

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Only half of 18-24s understand being overweight increases cancer risk
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Only half of 18-24s understand being overweight increases cancer risk

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Statement on aspartame
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Statement on aspartame

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