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Healthy New You: Ultra-Processed People – review
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Healthy New You: Ultra-Processed People – review

As part of our series reviewing media that could inspire your journey to better health in 2024, Penny Woods reads Ultra-Processed People

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Ultra-processed food heightens risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancers
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Ultra-processed food heightens risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancers

Eating UPF can cause obesity, but that may not be the only factor linking highly processed food with upper aerodigestive cancers

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People with obesity and heart diseases at higher risk of cancer
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People with obesity and heart diseases at higher risk of cancer

Study finds that people living with overweight or obesity as well as cardiovascular diseases are more likely to develop cancer

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AI cancer support and prostate cancer exercise trial among projects awarded new funding
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AI cancer support and prostate cancer exercise trial among projects awarded new funding

16 projects awarded funding in World Cancer Research Fund International’s Regular Grant Programme, plus 6 INSPIRE grants for early career investigators.

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Cancer prevention is front-page news
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Cancer prevention is front-page news

Cancer prevention is at last rising up the international media and policy agenda, with 3 major stories in the Guardian newspaper in September

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Only half of 18-24s understand being overweight increases cancer risk
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Only half of 18-24s understand being overweight increases cancer risk

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Statement on aspartame
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Statement on aspartame

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Dramatic rise in number of cancers caused by obesity
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Dramatic rise in number of cancers caused by obesity

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Following our Recommendations reduces cancer risk
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Following our Recommendations reduces cancer risk

Experts at Newcastle University have reviewed evidence of following the 2018 World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) lifestyle-based recommendations.

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To push cancer prevention further up the agenda, we need a bolder brand
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To push cancer prevention further up the agenda, we need a bolder brand

More people in the UK are developing cancer. To support our work in changing that trend, our brand needs to be more recognised, focused and bolder.

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New findings show ‘lack of motivation’ and ‘feeling too tired’ stops Brits from being healthier

New findings show ‘lack of motivation’ and ‘feeling too tired’ stops Brits from being healthier

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CO-CREATE project publishes novel methods for youth engagement and benchmarking of national obesity prevention policies

CO-CREATE project publishes novel methods for youth engagement and benchmarking of national obesity prevention policies

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