Year: 2020
Type: article
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.
DOI: 10.3322/caac.21591
Authors: Cheryl L. Rock, Cynthia Thomson, Ted Gansler, Susan M. Gapstur, Marjorie L. McCullough, Alpa V. Patel, Kimberly S. Andrews, Elisa V. Bandera, Colleen K. Spees, Kimberly Robien, Sheri Hartman, Kristen Sullivan, Barbara L. Grant, Kathryn K. Hamilton, Lawrence H. Kushi, Bette J. Caan, Debra Kibbe, Jessica Donze Black, Tracy L. Wiedt, Catherine McMahon, Kirsten Sloan, Colleen Doyle
Institutions: University of California San Diego, University of Arizona, American Cancer Society, Rutgers Cancer Institute, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, George Washington University, University of San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Georgia State University, American Heart Association
Language: English
Topic: Cancer Risks and Factors
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W3033699454