The Final (But Not Last) Word on Cancer
Women riding stationary bicycle; Eric Tucker
EVERY day there are new stories in the tabloids about the latest link, sometimes tenuous, sometimes contradictory, between cancer and some aspect of lifestyle. If this is a recipe for confusion, then the antidote is probably a weighty new tome from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). It is the most rigorous study so far on the links between food, physical activity and cancer—and sets out the important sources of risk.
… The research has taken six years, involved nine research institutes, and examined more than half a million publications—which were whittled down to 7,000 relevant ones. From these, the new guidelines spring. Few come as news (see table), but the most surprising is the degree to which EVEN BEING A BIT OVERWEIGHT IS A RISK. There’s enough information here for everyone from the mildly curious to the congenitally hypochondriatic. (Economist)
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