Food, nutrition, physical activity and the prevention of cancer
Subtitle: a global perspective : a project of World Cancer Research Fund International.
Contributors: American Institute for Cancer Research.; World Cancer Research Fund.
Publisher: American Institute for Cancer Research; World Cancer Research Fund; WCRF/AICR
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9780972252232
Subjects: Cancer -- Epidemiology; Cancer -- Nutritional aspects; Cancer -- Prevention; Neoplasms -- epidemiology; Neoplasms -- diet therapy; Neoplasms -- prevention & control
Description: This Report has a number of inter-related general purposes. One is to explore the extent to which food, nutrition, physical activity, and body composition modify the risk of cancer, and to specify which factors are most important. To the extent that environmental factors such as food, nutrition, and physical activity influence the risk of cancer, it is a preventable disease. The Report specifies recommendations based on solid evidence which, when followed, will be expected to reduce the incidence of cancer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 410-505) and index.