Education and Research
The WCRF global network supports extensive education programmes to encourage and enable individuals, families and communities to make healthy choices. These programmes reflect the most current research and latest scientific agreements. A prime purpose of the Second Expert Report is to provide the basis for the WCRF global network's education programmes for 2007 and beyond.
All network member organisations produce a wide variety of publications, including a quarterly newsletter, booklets, brochures and leaflets. Public seminars and specific materials for dietitians, scientists, parents and children all ensure that relevant information reaches these specific groups in appropriate formats and language.
The global network funds research worldwide on the role of food, nutrition, physical activity and associated factors in the prevention and treatment of cancer. There are two research grant programmes within the network which support epidemiological studies and basic laboratory research. In 2007, the cumulative research funding by all members of the WCRF global network amounts to over $105 million, supporting almost 800 projects and involving over a thousand scientists from 23 countries.
For more information on the global network research grant programme see:
http://www.wcrf.org/research/research_programmes/index.php
http://www.aicr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_funded_home
The research issues raised in the Second Expert Report will form the basis for setting new research priorities for the global network.