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Can you trust what you read about cancer and diet on social media?

During Cancer Prevention Action Week, more than 30 online health professionals and experts backed our Science Not Fiction campaign – and helped explain why health misinformation is a serious public health problem.

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Cancer prevention must begin in pregnancy and childhood
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Cancer prevention must begin in pregnancy and childhood

Dr Rogers reveals why good nutrition is so important in the early years

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Obesity: Can we tackle complex, malfunctioning food systems?
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Obesity: Can we tackle complex, malfunctioning food systems?

Tim Lobstein addresses the inherent link between malnutrition and environmental sustainability

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How my world fell apart and my journey in the WarOnCancer
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How my world fell apart and my journey in the WarOnCancer

Thursday 2 July 2015. The day my world fell apart. The day I was diagnosed with leukaemia.

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Fresh tuna no longer counts as an oily fish
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Fresh tuna no longer counts as an oily fish

The UK has changed its tune on fish, meaning tuna no longer counts as one of your recommended portions of oily fish

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NOURISHING framework translated into Spanish

NOURISHING framework translated into Spanish

Our policy framework, NOURISHING, has been translated into Spanish and published in a book, Obesity in Mexico

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Can too much screen time affect our weight?
Infographic showing factors that decrease colorectal cancer risk (walking, aerobic activity, fibre, Mediterranean diet, breastfeeding) and factors that increase risk (‘Western’ diet, fast foods, sugary drinks, screen time for adults and children).

Can too much screen time affect our weight?

Exploring how screen time can affect weight gain, overweight and obesity

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Largest study in England of oral infection with human papillomavirus
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Largest study in England of oral infection with human papillomavirus

Investigating the links between oral infection with HPV and mouth and throat cancers

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The reality behind the headlines: women and cancer
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The reality behind the headlines: women and cancer

What do the latest global cancer statistics tell us about cancer in women around the world?

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Fill the gap – healthy snacking
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Fill the gap – healthy snacking

Follow our snacking tips for topping up on healthy nutrients

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An inconvenient truth: alcohol and cancer
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An inconvenient truth: alcohol and cancer

Catherine Gray, bestselling author of The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, offers a very personal take on alcohol culture in the UK

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Sugary drink taxes – the new normal
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Sugary drink taxes – the new normal

Lynn Silver takes a look at the history and future of sugary drink taxes

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A blueprint to beat cancer
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A blueprint to beat cancer

Kate Allen introduces our groundbreaking cancer prevention and survival report

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Preventing cancer. Saving lives

While society continues to search for a cure, our prevention and survival work helps people to live longer, healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer.