Adherence to the 2018 WCRF/AICR cancer prevention recommendations and all-cause and cancer-specific mortality: A prospective study

Abstract

Background: We investigated the associations between adherence to the 2018 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) lifestyle-related Cancer Prevention Recommendations and all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in a prospective cohort study. Methods: We included 17,332 participants from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study who participated in the second follow-up assessment in 2003–07 and were re-assessed for diet, body size, and lifestyle. Participants were followed for mortality outcomes through June 2021. We constructed a diet score and a standardised lifestyle score based on core WCRF/AICR recommendations, as well as a lifestyle score including a..