The complete report
This website allows you to read extracts from report chapters online, and download full chapter PDFs, SLRs and protocols, which total more than 12,000 pages. We have also put together a series of toolkits with tables, graphics and slides as a useful resource for science and research professionals. Report bundles options are shown below or skip to individual downloads.
Download the entire
report bundle
Download all PDF chapters of the full diet and cancer report as a complete zip file.
Please note this file is 54mb
The report summary
The report summary is over 100 pages and provides an accessible overview of the scientific evidence in the report that can serve as an invaluable reference and teaching tool.
Order the printed
report summary
Order in the US, Canada, South and Central America (delivery $10)
Download the PDF & Toolkit
report summary
Download only the report summary PDF or the toolkit which contains both the PDF and slides with graphics and tables.
Download translations
Mandarin: Report summary PDF (6.6mb) | Recommendations.zip (557kb)
French: Recommendations.zip (660kb)
German: Report summary PDF (1.6mb) | Recommendations.zip (670kb)
Spanish: Recommendations.zip (513kb)
Download individual chapter PDFs and Toolkits
Cancer process
PDF (2.3mb, 67 pages) | Toolkit.zip (5mb)
Judging the evidence
Exposures
Wholegrains, vegetables and fruit – PDF (2.8MB, 140 pages) | Toolkit.zip (8.2mb)
Meat, fish and dairy products – PDF (2.5MB, 80 pages) | Toolkit.zip (4.4mb)
Preservation and processing of foods – PDF (1.3mb, 53 pages) | Toolkit.zip (2.6mb)
Non-alcoholic drinks – PDF (1.7mb, 64 pages) | Toolkit.zip (3.1mb)
Alcoholic drinks – PDF (2.6mb, 85 pages) | Toolkit.zip (5.7mb)
Other dietary exposures – PDF (1.9mb, 74 pages) | Toolkit.zip (3.5mb)
Physical activity – PDF (1.6mb, 64 pages) | Toolkit.zip (3.8mb)
Body fatness and weight gain – PDF (3.1mb, 142 pages) | Toolkit.zip (8mb)
Height and birthweight – PDF (1.6mb, 70 pages) | Toolkit.zip (4.2mb)
Lactation – PDF (1mb, 33 pages) | Toolkit.zip (1.6mb)
Cancers
Cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx – Report PDF (1.3mb, 67 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (2.5mb)
Nasopharyngeal cancer – SLR PDF | Protocol PDF (no toolkit)
Oesophageal cancer – Report PDF (1.1mb, 62 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (2.4mb)
Lung cancer – Report PDF (1.6mb, 71 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (2.5mb)
Stomach cancer – Report PDF (1.2mb, 62 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (2.5mb)
Pancreatic cancer – Report PDF (<1mb, 43 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (1mb)
Gallbladder cancer – Report PDF (<1mb, 28 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (1.5mb)
Liver cancer – Report PDF (1.1mb, 52 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (1.9mb)
Colorectal cancer – Report PDF (2.7mb, 111 pages) | SLR | Toolkit.zip (6mb)
Breast cancer – Report PDF (2.4mb, 124 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (6mb)
Ovarian cancer – Report PDF (<1mb, 32 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (1mb)
Endometrial cancer – Report PDF (<1mb, 36 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (1mb)
Cervical cancer – SLR | Protocol | (no toolkit)
Prostate cancer – Report PDF (1.1mb, 53 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (2.3mb)
Kidney cancer – Report PDF (<1mb, 46 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (1.8mb)
Bladder cancer – Report PDF (<1mb, 38 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (1.2mb)
Skin cancer – Report PDF (1.8mb, 54 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (2.7mb) | Infographic (<1mb)
Breast cancer survivors – Report PDF (1.1mb, 55 pages) | SLR | Protocol | Toolkit.zip (2.6mb)
Energy balance and body fatness
PDF (3.5mb, 124 pages) | LR | Toolkit.zip (6.1mb) | Infographic (<1mb)
Survivors of breast and other cancers
PDF (<1mb, 36 pages) | Toolkit.zip (1.4mb)
Recommendations and public health and policy implications
PDF (3.1mb, 92 pages) | Toolkit.zip (7.8mb)
Future research directions
PDF (1mb, 31 pages) | (No toolkit)
Cancer risk matrix
Download all matrices
Third Expert Report overview slides
Third Expert Report webinar slides
Webinar slides 17 July 2019 PPT (28mb)
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