Diet - A to Z
This page contains links to content about diet and cancer risk.
A healthy balanced diet that is high in fibre, fruit and vegetables and low in red and processed meat, saturated fat and salt, can help to reduce the risk of cancer.
Find out more and get tips and ideas on eating healthily for the whole family, by browsing the links below.
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Diet is a sub-category of Causes of cancer, Lifestyle and Preventing cancer
Browse content about Diet
- Causes of cancer - Lifestyle
- Diet and cancer - different foods and nutrients
- Diet and cancer: the evidence
- Diet, healthy eating and cancer
- Healthy eating - your eating habits
- Healthy eating tips - understanding food labels
- Healthy eating tips on a budget
- Lesson plan - What is cancer?
- Our policy on obesity and diet
- Our research into lifestyle and diet
- Prof Kay-Tee Khaw
- Professor Tim Key
- Stomach cancer - risk factors
- Diet and cancer - acrylamide, artificial sweeteners, green tea, soy, tomatoes and vitamin supplements
- Diet and cancer- the EPIC study
- Diet, alcohol and cancer in the UK - statistics
- Fruit and veg game
- Healthy eating tips - ideas for meal times
- Healthy eating tips for parents
- Lesson plan - Design your own health campaign
- Oral cancer - risk factors
- Our progress and achievements in the 2000s
- Prof Chris Paraskeva
- Prof Roland Wolf
- Red wine and cancer
Latest Diet news from Cancer Research UK
- Press Release: Processed meat may increase pancreatic cancer risk
13 January 2012 - News story: Large study confirms fibre reduces bowel cancer risk
10 November 2011 - News story: 'Too soon to say' whether low carb diet can prevent cancer or slow tumour growth
17 June 2011 - News story: Non-communicable diseases such as cancer 'are the leading global killer'
28 April 2011 - News story: Govt advisers urge people to limit red and processed meat intake
25 February 2011 - News story: Vitamin D found to influence more than 200 genes, including some linked to cancer
24 August 2010 - News story: 'More research needed' after scientists suggest well-cooked meat affects bladder cancer risk
20 April 2010 - News story: "Too big a leap" to conclude that rhubarb can protect against cancer, says Cancer Research UK
16 February 2010 - News story: US lab research suggests pomegranate chemicals may block breast cancer cell growth
6 January 2010 - News story: Impact of high-dose vitamin supplements 'not yet clear'
19 October 2009
- Press Release: Cigarettes, diet, alcohol and obesity behind more than 100,000 cancers
7 December 2011 - News story: Calorie information brings down fast food calorie intake says US study
26 July 2011 - News story: Updated report supports links between bowel cancer and diet
23 May 2011 - News story: Cancer Research UK urges government to 'strengthen' alcohol commitment
15 March 2011 - Press Release: Less booze not more veg is key to cut cancer risk
1 December 2010 - News story: No link between coffee, fizzy drinks and bowel cancer, says large US study
7 May 2010 - News story: Increased fruit and vegetable consumption has 'small' impact on cancer prevention
8 April 2010 - News story: Higher vitamin D levels may be linked to lower risk of bowel cancer
25 January 2010 - News story: Healthy lifestyles could prevent an estimated 80,000 cases of cancer each year
17 November 2009 - News story: Green tea may reduce risk of some cancers
15 October 2009
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