{"id":19471,"date":"2024-08-08T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T06:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kapa3.gr\/?p=19471"},"modified":"2024-08-08T09:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T06:28:06","slug":"it-s-never-been-more-important-to-focus-on-cancer-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kapa3.gr\/en\/it-s-never-been-more-important-to-focus-on-cancer-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s never been more important to focus on cancer prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

With an ageing population, cancer cases predicted to increase from 17 million to 30 million by 2040 and rising levels of overweight and obesity<\/a>, it\u2019s never been more important to focus on cancer prevention. Over 40% of cancers could be prevented if we all lived healthy lifestyles, including maintaining a healthy weight<\/a>, being physically active<\/a> and eating a healthy diet.<\/p>\n

But what does this mean in practice? Every day we\u2019re bombarded with information about what\u2019s healthy and what isn\u2019t. It can be confusing and seem contradictory: what\u2019s missing is the context \u2013 how do all the disparate pieces fit together to make a coherent picture?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where our Global Cancer Update Programme<\/a>, formerly known as the Continuous Update Project, comes in. This huge undertaking pulls the puzzle pieces together to show how what we eat, what we weigh and how active we are all affect our risk of cancer. The Expert Panel<\/a>overseeing the process then use that information to develop Recommendations for Cancer Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A while back I wrote about how this work was moving into a new and exciting phase of development<\/a>. This new phase has now started and the programme has changed in a number of ways. It\u2019s more:<\/p>\n