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Nutrition and cancer prevention in Australia: a national collaboration to promote the evidence
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Lee, SM and Slevin, T, Nutrition and cancer prevention in Australia: a national collaboration to promote the evidence, Nutrition and Lifestyle: Opportunities for Cancer Prevention. IARC Scientific Publications No. 156, pp. 71-72. ISBN 9283221567 (2002) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
In Australia, the role of diet in cancer prevention has been acknowledged for many years. Only recently, however, have national strategies for the prevention of cancer through diet been documented (The Cancer Council Australia, 2001). The Cancer Council Australia supports collaboration of key agencies to achieve the changes in diet necessary to reduce cancer risk in Australia. Specific strategies to be undertaken, either individually or as a member of relevant committees or bodies, include:
1. Collaboration with the Commonwealth and state health departments, to develop and implement a national public education programme to increase knowledge of the links between cancer and diet, and to change dietary behaviours.
2. Collaboration with state and territory members of The Cancer Council, and other nongovemment health bodies and consumer agencies, to actively advocate for public policy supportive of cancer-preventing diets.
3. Supporting and promoting research into the relationship between nutrition and cancer and how to change diet-related behaviours.
The paper describes recent advances in the implementation of these strategies in Australia.
Item Details
Item Type: | Non Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | nutrition, cancer prevention, evidence based |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Nutrition and dietetics |
Research Field: | Public health nutrition |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Lee, SM (Dr Simone Lee) |
ID Code: | 112699 |
Year Published: | 2002 |
Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
Deposited On: | 2016-11-24 |
Last Modified: | 2017-06-14 |
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