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World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK) is a cancer prevention charity in the UK and is part of the World Cancer Research Fund network. WCRF UK funds scientific research into how diet, physical activity and weight affect cancer risk and also funds health information programmes to raise awareness so people can reduce their cancer risk by eating a healthy diet, being physically active and maintaining a healthy weight. Its stated vision is to live in a world where no one develops a preventable cancer.〔(WCRF UK website: About Us )〕 ==History== WCRF UK was established in 1990.〔(WCRF UK website: Our History )〕 According to its website, it was the first cancer charity in the UK to create awareness of the relationship between diet and cancer risk, to focus funding on research into diet and cancer prevention and to consolidate and interpret global research to create practical messages on reducing risk of cancer. First Expert Report, Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global perspective expert report was published in 1997 and examined all the available evidence on the links between cancer and diet. According to WCRF International’s website, the report was a “catalyst for change” in stimulating research into diet and cancer.〔(WCRF International website )〕 Second Expert Report: In November 2007, the WCRF global network published Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. Also known as the Second Expert Report.〔website for ''Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective''; ()〕 WCRF claims the report is the most comprehensive about cancer prevention to date. Following an initial sweep of half a million research studies eventually, 7,000 were deemed relevant and met the quality criteria for definitive conclusions to be drawn about cancer prevention. A panel of 21 experts then made 10 recommendations for reducing cancer risk.〔(BBC article on the report )〕 The launch of the Second Expert Report was a big news story in the UK. The report was described by the New Scientist magazine as a “landmark in our understanding of diet and cancer” while The Economist said: “It is the most rigorous study so far on the links between food, physical activity and cancer”.〔(The Economist: How to Prevent Cancers )〕 The report did receive some negative reaction, with ''The Sun'' newspaper publishing a story〔()〕 in response to the report’s advice to avoid eating processed meat and Michael Hanlon, writing in the Daily Mail newspaper, advised people to “ignore these scaremongers”.〔(Daily Mail: Ignore these scaremongers )〕 However, Project Director of the report Professor Martin Wiseman responded: “Our recommendations are based on the best science available. They are recommendations, not commandments. The whole point of them is to give people the information they need to make their everyday choices informed ones.”〔(The Independent: Cancer and the bacon sarnie )〕 Policy Report: In February 2009, the WCRF global network published Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention, a companion document to the Second Expert Report.〔(Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention )〕 It included 48 recommendations for changes that different groups in society can make to help prevent cancer. It also included a preventability study that estimated that a third of the most common cancers in the UK could be prevented through diet, physical activity and weight management.〔(BBC article about Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention )〕 World Cancer Research Fund's Continuous Update Project is an analysis of global scientific research into the link between diet, physical activity, weight and cancer. Among experts worldwide it is a trusted authoritative scientific resources, which underpins guidelines and policy for cancer prevention. Cancer Prevention Week: Cancer Prevention week is held by World Cancer Research Fund UK every year in May and include events such as a Beat the Banana! 5k family fun run. It also uses Cancer Prevention Week to highlight the fact that many cases of cancer could be prevented through a healthy diet, being physically active and maintaining a healthy weight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Cancer Research Fund UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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