31/08/10 - Walking more could prevent 10,000 breast and bowel cancers
09/08/10 - UK breast cancer rates four times higher than Eastern Africa
02/08/10 - Father-of-two completes marathon car push in under 10 hours
Health professionals
Welcome to our health professionals section, which provides information, resources and support for health professionals wanting to understand more about the links between food, physical activity, weight management and cancer prevention.
World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK) works with health professionals to enable them to educate patients and clients using sound, reliable information, which has been reviewed by experts. Our Recommendations for Cancer Prevention and our publications are all based on evidence from WCRF/AICR’s Expert Report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective.
Hot topics
This month we talk about why the quality of the diet, as well as the quantity, should be an important consideration when planning weight loss and maintenance diets.
Informed newsletter
Our quarterly newsletter for health professionals on diet, lifestyle and cancer prevention. The summer edition of Informed 38 is now online
Resources & useful links
Practical resources to help you in your job with patients and clients. Download our new Healthy Portions, Healthy Weight leaflet.
Conferences
Keep up to date with events related to cancer prevention including WCRF 2-day International conference taking place this September in London.
Programmes & policies
Nutrition, physical activity and lifestyle programmes, policies and campaigns.
