World Cancer Research Fund International comments on the public consultation on the Norwegian government’s proposal for a new regulation on the prohibition of marketing of certain foods aimed at children and a proposal for a new authority, in the Food Act Section 26 a, to be able to impose fines for violations of the regulation.
Submitted November 2024.
Our general submission to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) interim market study report on infant and follow-on formula, in which we advocate that infant formula should be treated differently from other consumer goods due to its essential role in infant nutrition, its importance for cancer prevention for both mothers and babies, and the potential long-term consequences of inappropriate use.
Submitted December 2024.
World Cancer Research Fund provided comments to consultation questions 70 and 71 on promoting healthy communities and tackling childhood obesity regarding proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework.
Submitted September 2024.
World Cancer Research Fund’s comments on the 10-year Health Plan for England and how the government can strengthen efforts to reduce preventable cases of cancer.
Submitted December 2024.
Constituency statement by NCD Alliance, FDI World Dental Federation, HelpAge International, International Federation of Aging, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind – Sightsavers, World Cancer Research Fund International, World Heart Federation, World Obesity Federation and Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance at the WHO Executive Board 154 on agenda Item 24.2 Draft fourteenth general programme of work.
Delivered January 2024.
Joint statement by World Cancer Research Fund International, World Obesity, NCD Alliance and 1000 days to the 146th Session of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board Provisional agenda item 18.
Delivered February 2020.
Joint statement by World Cancer Research Fund International and Union of International Cancer Control to WHO Executive Board 150 on agenda Item 7. Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, focusing on the draft action plan (2022-2030) to effectively implement the global alcohol strategy as a public health priority.
Delivered January 2022.
Draft recommendations for the prevention and management of obesity over the life course, including potential targets. Comments prepared by World Cancer Research Fund International, 17 September 2021.
Constituency statement by World Obesity Federation, Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control, World Cancer Research Fund International, Movendi International, International Diabetes Federation, FDI World Dental Federation, International Union for Health Promotion and Education, and NCD Alliance at the World Health Assembly 76 on agenda item 16.3 on social determinants of health.
Delivered May 2023.
A short explainer of the NOURISHING nutrition policy database.
A short explainer of the MOVING physical activity policy database.
World Cancer Research Fund’s Policy & Public Affairs Strategy 2021–24 outlines how we want to reach our goal of the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive package of policies to create environments
for all populations that are conducive to following our Cancer Prevention Recommendations.