Our policy report, Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention, supports the scientific research in our Second Expert Report, Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity: A Global Perspective, and sets out how policymakers can create supportive environments to encourage people to adopt World Cancer Research Fund International’s Cancer Prevention Recommendations. Based on the evidence, integrated, multi-sectoral action is needed globally to achieve healthier diets and sustained physical activity.

Published 2009.

Building momentum: Establishing robust policies to promote physical activity in primary healthcare sets out the emerging evidence for the benefits of promoting physical activity in primary healthcare, and explains why designing and enacting such policies is good for individual health and economies.

A summary of the report is also available.

Published 2023.

Building momentum: lessons on implementing a robust sugar sweetened beverage tax provides advice to policymakers about designing and implementing a sugar sweetened beverage tax in the face of various challenges caused by lack of political and public will, and industry interference.

The NOURISHING nutrition policy index brief outlines the status of diet-related policy in 30 European countries. It was developed as part of the CO-CREATE project and can be used by stakeholders to promote ways to reduce overweight and obesity.

The NOURISHING nutrition policy index brief is available in English, French, German and Spanish.

The zip file contains the individual country snapshots in English, all the snapshots in one file and the policy brief.

Published May 2023.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and bladder cancer report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and endometrial cancer report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and gallbladder cancer report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and mouth, pharynx and larynx cancers report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and kidney cancer report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and liver cancer report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and lung cancer report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.

Diet, nutrition, physical activity and oesophageal cancer report and toolkit from the Third Expert 2018.