Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Endometrial Cancer

The World Cancer Research Fund global network helps people make choices that reduce their chances of developing cancer. OUR HERITAGE We were the first cancer charity: • To create awareness of the relationship between diet and cancer risk • To focus funding on research into diet and cancer prevention • To consolidate and interpret global research to create a practical message on cancer prevention OUR MISSION Today the World Cancer Research Fund global network continues: • Funding research on the relationship of nutrition, physical activity and weight management to cancer risk • Interpreting the accumulated scientific literature in the field • Educating people about choices they can make to reduce their chances of developing cancer THE WCRF GLOBAL NETWORK The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) global network comprises WCRF International, which operates as the umbrella association for the global network's four charitable organisations: The American Institute for Cancer To keep the evidence current and updated into the future, WCRF/AICR is undertaking the Continuous Update Project (CUP), in collaboration with Imperial College London. The project is an ongoing review of food, nutrition, physical activity, body fatness, and cancer research. The CUP builds upon the foundations of the WCRF/AICR Second Expert Report (SER) [1]. The Continuous Update Project provides a comprehensive and up to date depiction of scientific developments on the relationship between food, nutrition, physical activity, body fatness and cancer. It also provides an impartial analysis and interpretation of the data as a basis for reviewing and where necessary revising WCRF/AICR's Recommendations for Cancer Prevention based on the Second Expert Report [1]. In the same way that the Second Expert Report was informed by a process of SLRs, the Continuous Update Project systematically reviews the science. The updates to the SLRs are being conducted by a team of scientists at Imperial College London in liaison with the original SLR centres. WCRF/AICR has convened a panel of experts (the Continuous Update Project Panel (see acknowledgements)) consisting of leading scientists in the field, who consider the updated evidence from systematic literature reviews and draw conclusions. Once all the cancers have been updated in the CUP database in 2015, the Panel will formally review the WCRF/AICR Recommendations for Cancer Prevention, and any changes will be communicated through the WCRF global network science, health information and communications programmes in 2017. From 2015 the CUP database will be continuously updated with new evidence for each cancer. …