Expert Report

Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, is the most current and comprehensive analysis of the literature on diet, physical activity and cancer.  It builds on the foundation, first established by the WCRF global network in 1982, to analyse, interpret and make public the available scientific evidence to help individuals reduce their risk of developing cancer.

How it began
This work began in 1982 when the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) took the US National Academy of Science Expert Report Diet and Cancer and sought permission to print and distribute 30,000 copies to scientists, policy makers and health professionals in the USA.

Expert Report as a catalyst for change
WCRF/AICR continued the tradition by publishing its own report, Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, in 1997. This report was a catalyst for change, creating great opportunities for advancement in the area of diet and cancer prevention. Its publication stimulated a surge in research in the field.  Since then, advances in technology have revolutionised the way that information is collected and analysed. As a result, in 2001, WCRF/AICR set itself a new objective: to systematically review and assess the body of evidence on diet, physical activity and cancer and to publish a Second Expert Report. This report, launched in November 2007, is the largest study of its kind and its conclusions are as definitive as the available evidence allows.

WCRF HK also launched the Chinese version of the full WCRF/AICR Second Expert Report in Beijing on Monday 20th October 2008. Please click here for details about the launch conference or to view the full Chinese WCRF/AICR Second Expert Report.

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