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

Renate Winkels, researcher

What helps bowel cancer survivors eat healthily and stay active after treatment?

Research in the Netherlands is providing a better picture of the challenges people with bowel cancer face, and what can motivate them towards better health

Meet our researcher Dr Renate
Fatal prostate cancer is linked to body fatness, leading cancer charity concludes
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Fatal prostate cancer is linked to body fatness, leading cancer charity concludes

Men who are overweight or obese are at greater risk of developing advanced prostate cancers, including aggressive cancers that are fatal

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Why we’re defending the traffic light food labelling system
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Why we’re defending the traffic light food labelling system

World Cancer Research Fund has defended the UK’s ‘traffic light’ food labelling system after the EU confirmed it had requested the UK government respond to criticisms from food companies.

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Are your food portions in proportion?
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Are your food portions in proportion?

Portion sizes of foods in the UK have spiralled “out of control” according to a new report

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The Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity & Health: 10 Years On
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The Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity & Health: 10 Years On

Tackling cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and diabetes needs an integrated approach

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Bowel cancer: one of the most preventable common cancers
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Bowel cancer: one of the most preventable common cancers

Did you know that each year more than half of bowel cancer diagnoses could have been prevented in the UK?

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Reflections on progress to reduce non-communicable diseases

Reflections on progress to reduce non-communicable diseases

NCDs are well and truly established on the health policy map

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The sugar debate
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The sugar debate

With recent headlines such as “Sweet poison: why sugar is ruining our health” and “Sugar – as dangerous as alcohol and tobacco” it seems that sugar is this year’s hot topic.

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Nutrition and chronic diseases
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Nutrition and chronic diseases

What is it about nutrition that makes it important for the prevention of so many chronic diseases?

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Obesity: a threat to global health
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Obesity: a threat to global health

Health experts have been warning us for years of the health problems related to our ever-expanding waistlines

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Excess body weight tips the scale on pancreatic cancer risk
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Excess body weight tips the scale on pancreatic cancer risk

Pancreatic cancer is often advanced by the time someone experiences symptoms, which means people often don’t consult a doctor until it’s too late

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Do eggs increase risk of prostate cancer?
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Do eggs increase risk of prostate cancer?

A new study is being reported in the media suggesting a link between eggs and prostate cancer. But how confident should we be about the findings?

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Fruits and vegetables and cancer prevention

Fruits and vegetables and cancer prevention

I can imagine people who have read today’s media coverage about fruits and vegetables and cancer risk might be feeling confused. It is all too easy when organisations like World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) say it is important to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables for cancer prevention and then newspapers like the Guardian report that “Fruit and vegetables do not reduce overall cancer risk”.

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