At a 2-day launch conference in Washington DC and London, the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute of Cancer Research released the Second Expert Report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective.
The first Expert Report was released in 1997, which was described at the conference as the most comprehensive study of dietary factors and cancer. The need for this follow-up report includes increased data and the need to integrate epidemiological and basic science. Key considerations cited include: the increased importance of body mass, the increased importance of physical activity, the need to review evidence of fruits and vegetables, the need to examine evidence across the lifespan (including early life), and the need to examine evidence on cancer survival.
The report is positioned as a guide for making global recommendations on cancer prevention. A follow-up report is scheduled for release in November 2008 that will identify policy opportunities to support the report’s recommendations. The report and 10 recommendations are available at: http://www.aircr.org/SER.
