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Guideline
. 2020 Jul;70(4):245-271.
doi: 10.3322/caac.21591. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention

Cheryl L Rock  1 , Cynthia Thomson  2 , Ted Gansler  3 , Susan M Gapstur  4 , Marjorie L McCullough  4 , Alpa V Patel  4 , Kimberly S Andrews  5 , Elisa V Bandera  6 , Colleen K Spees  7 , Kimberly Robien  8 , Sheri Hartman  9 , Kristen Sullivan  5 , Barbara L Grant  10 , Kathryn K Hamilton  11 , Lawrence H Kushi  12 , Bette J Caan  12 , Debra Kibbe  13 , Jessica Donze Black  14 , Tracy L Wiedt  5 , Catherine McMahon  15 , Kirsten Sloan  15 , Colleen Doyle  5
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Guideline

American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention

Cheryl L Rock et al. CA Cancer J Clin. 2020 Jul.
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Abstract

The American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes the Diet and Physical Activity Guideline to serve as a foundation for its communication, policy, and community strategies and, ultimately, to affect dietary and physical activity patterns among Americans. This guideline is developed by a national panel of experts in cancer research, prevention, epidemiology, public health, and policy, and reflects the most current scientific evidence related to dietary and activity patterns and cancer risk. The ACS guideline focuses on recommendations for individual choices regarding diet and physical activity patterns, but those choices occur within a community context that either facilitates or creates barriers to healthy behaviors. Therefore, this committee presents recommendations for community action to accompany the 4 recommendations for individual choices to reduce cancer risk. These recommendations for community action recognize that a supportive social and physical environment is indispensable if individuals at all levels of society are to have genuine opportunities to choose healthy behaviors. This 2020 ACS guideline is consistent with guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association for the prevention of coronary heart disease and diabetes as well as for general health promotion, as defined by the 2015 to 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.

Keywords: cancer prevention; dietary patterns; nutrition; physical activity.

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