Defining the state of knowledge with respect to food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer.

The 1997 World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) report, Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a global perspective, has become the most authoritative statement on the topic. WCRF International has begun the process of producing its second global report on food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer. The process is in three stages.