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The 7th Beat the Banana Charity Run is back on 4 March 2012!
The 7th Beat the Banana Charity Run is back on 4 March 2012!
Come challenge and exercise yourselves for the 7th Beat the Banana! Charity Run with your families, friends or colleagues on Sunday, 4 March 2012, and help raise fund for WCRF HK in support of our research and education work for cancer prevention. Every little step you take counts to help build a world free from cancer! Places are limited and on a first-come, first served basis! Pencil in the date and sign up NOW.
UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases
UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) held in New York represents a “Once-in-a-Generation” opportunity to address 2.8 Million preventable cancers. Find out more about how WCRF global network is supporting the UN Summit on NCDs.
Please help put an end to cancer with your extra dollar
Whether or not you’re eligible for the HK$6,000 cash gift from the Financial Secretary, YOU CAN HELP us to reach the HK$1 million goal of the Magic Million Appeal that helps fund cutting edge cancer prevention research. Make a secure online donation now!
Expert Report
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, is the most current and comprehensive analysis of the literature on diet, physical activity and cancer. It builds on the foundation, first established by the WCRF global network in 1982, to analyse, interpret and make public the available scientific evidence to help individuals reduce their risk of developing cancer.
How it began
This work began in 1982 when the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) took the US National Academy of Science Expert Report Diet and Cancer and sought permission to print and distribute 30,000 copies to scientists, policy makers and health professionals in the USA.
Expert Report as a catalyst for change
WCRF/AICR continued the tradition by publishing its own report, Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, in 1997. This report was a catalyst for change, creating great opportunities for advancement in the area of diet and cancer prevention. Its publication stimulated a surge in research in the field. Since then, advances in technology have revolutionised the way that information is collected and analysed. As a result, in 2001, WCRF/AICR set itself a new objective: to systematically review and assess the body of evidence on diet, physical activity and cancer and to publish a Second Expert Report. This report, launched in November 2007, is the largest study of its kind and its conclusions are as definitive as the available evidence allows.
WCRF HK also launched the Chinese version of the full WCRF/AICR Second Expert Report in Beijing on Monday 20th October 2008. Please click here for details about the launch conference or to view the full Chinese WCRF/AICR Second Expert Report.
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