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Latest news, updates and blogs from World Cancer Research Fund.

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Countries heading to UN have chance to be bolder on cancer

This year’s UN High-Level Meeting focuses on NCDs. It’s an opportunity for countries to make cancer prevention a priority, so what commitments are we advocating for?

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Are plant-based meat alternatives better for us?
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Are plant-based meat alternatives better for us?

Plant-based food replicates the taste of nuggets, burgers & sausages using plants or fungus. They’re increasingly popular – but are they any healthier?

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New findings show ‘lack of motivation’ and ‘feeling too tired’ stops Brits from being healthier

New findings show ‘lack of motivation’ and ‘feeling too tired’ stops Brits from being healthier

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Meet the researcher: Alina Vrieling
Alina Vrieling

Meet the researcher: Alina Vrieling

Alina is a bladder cancer Assistant Prof and passionate about our health

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Can a Mediterranean diet support cancer treatment?
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Can a Mediterranean diet support cancer treatment?

Study on skin cancer finds patients who followed a Mediterranean diet more closely benefited most from treatment.

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New policy tools challenge Europe to act against youth obesity
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New policy tools challenge Europe to act against youth obesity

Our new policy indexes show the status of nutrition & physical activity policy in Europe and enable young people to advocate for better policies to tackle obesity.

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How to cook cabbage, kale and broccoli
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How to cook cabbage, kale and broccoli

Find out which vegetables are in the brassica family, how to cook brassicas

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In sickness and in health
Ken Wilson

In sickness and in health

Ken & Shirley have enjoyed 68 years of marriage, but for many of those years, both of them have been facing a cancer diagnosis.

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New tools show big gaps in nutrition and physical activity policies in Europe

New tools show big gaps in nutrition and physical activity policies in Europe

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Why I ran a 10k for cancer prevention
Raffaella

Why I ran a 10k for cancer prevention

Raffaella Masselli shares what inspired her to run a 10,000m race to raise money for our cancer prevention and survival work

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Exercise snacking: how short bursts of activity could cut your cancer risk
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Exercise snacking: how short bursts of activity could cut your cancer risk

Exercise snacking is a new approach to physical activity, which focuses on short bursts a couple of times a day, rather than, say, going on a run or heading to the gym for an hour.

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Clubbercise founder Claire on life after bowel cancer
Claire Burlison

Clubbercise founder Claire on life after bowel cancer

A bowel cancer diagnosis during lockdown shocked our supporter Claire Burlison to the core.

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Looking back at 5 years of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy
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Looking back at 5 years of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy

More than 45,000 tonnes of sugar has been removed from soft drinks in the UK following the tax introduced in 2018. Jennifer O’Mara and Ioana Vlad from our Policy team consider the levy’s impact

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