Webinar on Diet and Cancer by WCRF International | hosted by UICC

Agenda of the webinar

•   The global impact of diet, nutrition and physical activity on cancer
•  The 2018 WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations
•  Translating the science into policy
•  Live Q&A

World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRFI) champion the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, to help people make informed lifestyle choices that reduce their cancer risk. WCRFI also influence policy at the highest level and are trusted advisors to governments and to other official bodies from around the world.

This webinar on the 2018 WCRF/AICR Third Expert Report gives an overview of the evidence relating diet, nutrition and physical activity to cancer; including the updated Cancer Prevention Recommendations and policy implications. The report is the result of decades of cancer prevention research that was rigorously analysed, judged by an independent expert panel and used as the basis for the updated Recommendations, making them the most reliable cancer prevention advice currently available. These Recommendations represent an integrated pattern of behaviours, culturally relevant throughout the world, that can be considered as an overall package. Together they constitute a blueprint for reducing cancer risk through changing dietary patterns, reducing alcohol consumption, increasing physical activity, promoting breastfeeding and achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight.

Although well informed choices are important in influencing personal risk of cancer and other diseases, many factors are outside of people’s direct personal control. Therefore, this webinar covered change at a population level by considering the environment within which people make their choices and public health policies that prioritise prevention in the form of laws, regulations and guidelines, which are all critical to preventing cancer and other non-communicable diseases.

Speakers in the webinar were Prof Martin Wiseman, WCRFI Medical and Scientific Advisor, Isobel Bandurek, WCRFI Research Interpretation Manager and Fiona Sing, WCRFI Policy and Public Affairs Manager. Susannah Brown, WCRFI Acting Head of Research Evidence and Interpretation joined for a live Q&A after the speakers presented.