World Cancer Research Fund

World Cancer Research Fund examines how diet, weight and physical activity affect your risk of developing and surviving cancer.

Around 40% of cancers in the UK could be prevented – that’s nearly 155,000 cases every year. Eating a healthy diet, being more active and staying a healthy weight are, after not smoking and avoiding the sun, the most important ways we can reduce our cancer risk.

As part of an international network of charities, we’ve been funding life-saving research, influencing global health policy and informing the public since 1982.

While society continues to search for a cure, our prevention and survival work helps people to live longer, healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer. In 2022, The Lancet, a major medical journal, said prevention is our best hope of reducing the global burden of cancer – a ringing endorsement of all that World Cancer Research Fund are trying to achieve.

HELPING YOU

We share practical advice with the public and health professionals to help people reduce their risk of developing cancer, and to help more people survive cancer. All of our publications are reviewed by members of the public to ensure our information is understandable and relevant.

Our free health information includes:

• Health advice booklets
• Online health checks including our Cancer Health Check, an exercise calorie calculator, an alcohol calorie calculator and a BMI calculator. Our health tools are used by up to 25,000 people every month.
• Cookbooks
• Recipes
• The Nutrition and Living with Cancer Helpline
• E-newsletters
• Our blog