The NOURISHING policy framework is designed to support governments to promote healthy diets, and reduce obesity and non-communicable diseases such as cancer. It was developed in 2013.
The NOURISHING framework was translated into Spanish in 2018.
The NOURISHING benchmarking tool was developed as part of the CO-CREATE project to assess national government policy actions on nutrition with reference to evidence-based, aspirational standards. This document details these aspirational standards.
Draft text amendment proposals for the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration for the upcoming Fourth High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRFI) and McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, and integrating text proposals from the NCD Alliance
Statement delivered by World Cancer Research Fund International at the 78th World Health Assembly on Agenda item 24.2 Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition (2012-2025)
This Constituency Statement was coordinated by the NCD Alliance and supported by the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, World Dental Federation (FDI), International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), Sightsavers (The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind), Vital Strategies, The International Society of Nephrology (ISN), World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF), International Diabetes Federation, HelpAge International, World Cancer Research Fund International, Humatem, Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the International Society for Quality in Health Care and the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH).
This Statement was coordinated by the NCD Alliance and supported by PATH, the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (Sightsavers), Vital Strategies, International Federation on Ageing, International Diabetes Federation, Global Health Council, the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH), the World Hypertension League (WHL), International Psycho-oncology Society, World Cancer Research Fund International and Amref Health Africa.
This report – produced as part of CUP Global – provides further clarity on dietary and lifestyle pattern (DLP) recommendations for breast and colorectal cancer prevention following a comprehensive review of 170 global studies.


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This factsheet outlines how our Recommendation to not use supplements for cancer prevention can be rolled out at a population level. It expands advice in our Policy blueprint for cancer prevention, which combines evidence on cancer risk – our Cancer Prevention Recommendations – with policy advice for population-level prevention.
Published January 2025.

This factsheet outlines how our Recommendation to limit consumption of red and processed meat can be rolled out at a population level. It expands advice in our Policy Blueprint for cancer prevention, which combines evidence on cancer risk – our Cancer Prevention Recommendations – with policy advice for population-level prevention.
Published January 2025.

This factsheet outlines how our Recommendation to limit consumption of “fast foods” and other processed foods high in fat, starches and sugars, can be rolled out at a population level. It expands advice in our Policy blueprint for cancer prevention, which combines evidence on cancer risk – our Cancer Prevention Recommendations – with policy advice for population-level prevention.
Published January 2025.

This factsheet outlines how our Recommendation to eat a better diet, rich in wholegrains, vegetables, fruit and beans, can be rolled out at a population level. It expands advice in our Policy blueprint for cancer prevention, which combines evidence on cancer risk – our Cancer Prevention Recommendations – with policy advice for population-level prevention.
Published January 2025.

Joint statement by World Cancer Research Fund International, with the Union for International Cancer Control, World Obesity Federation, WaterAid, and supported by 1,000 Days, NCD Alliance, Vital Strategies and the International Coalition for Advocacy on Nutrition, to the World Health Organization’s Executive Board 144 on agenda item 10.1: on the outcomes of the Second International Conference on Nutrition.
Delivered Janaury 2019.