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Vegetarian diets and cancer

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How Ireland beat the odds to introduce cancer warning labels on alcohol

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How Ireland beat the odds to introduce cancer warning labels on alcohol

Ireland will soon be the first country to warn drinkers of the links between cancer and alcohol on the drinks label. How did they do it?

Have UK diets got better or worse in the past 40 years?

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Have UK diets got better or worse in the past 40 years?

From instant mash to flexitarians, food has changed massively since the 1980s. But we’re not always eating more healthily, which is where our evidence on diet and cancer can make a difference.

Social determinants of health: why do they matter for cancer prevention and treatment?

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Social determinants of health: why do they matter for cancer prevention and treatment?

The likelihood of developing and dying from a preventable cancer varies markedly in people, and in ways that are unequal and unfair.

Time to say bye-bye to BOGOFs on junk food?

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Time to say bye-bye to BOGOFs on junk food?

Multibuy deals are marketed as a way to save money. But is that really how they work, or is there another agenda?

How can we reduce our reliance on alcohol?

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How can we reduce our reliance on alcohol?

Misleading information on the clear harm alcohol does has led many people to underestimate its dangers.

How can policy help promote physical activity in primary healthcare?

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How can policy help promote physical activity in primary healthcare?

There’s strong evidence that physical activity cuts the risk of cancer, but people don’t move enough on a daily basis. Can policy changes reverse this trend?

Storing up a crisis: urgent action needed on childhood obesity

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Storing up a crisis: urgent action needed on childhood obesity

Evidence shows that children living with overweight and obesity now risk serious life-limiting and life-threatening health problems later in life. What’s being done?

New policy tools challenge Europe to act against youth obesity

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.

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

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

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

CO-CREATE project publishes novel methods for youth engagement and benchmarking of national obesity prevention policies

Differences in cancer incidence and mortality across the globe

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Differences in cancer incidence and mortality across the globe

As part of a series exploring health inequalities in cancer, we look at global differences in cancer incidence and mortality, and their causes.

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