Can the degree of concordance with recommendations for a cancer prevention diet and lifestyle be assessed from existing survey information data?

Abstract

Although concordance with some of the cancer prevention goals and guidelines can be evaluated from the existing questionnaires, adjustments and additions must be made with respect to salt and supplement use, physical activity, and food handling. Actual weight and height measurements are also needed, particularly in low-income populations.

Evaluating concordance with the 1997 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute of Cancer Research cancer prevention guidelines: challenges for the research community

“…the Netherlands, Scotland, Mexico and Guatemala). The matrix developed by Valdés-Ramos et al (8) , examining the data available from a survey and a case-control study, determined that between ten and eleven elements could be evaluated (Table 3). These were generally based on the criteria boundaries of the population goals of the WCRF/ AICR (4) .…”

“…Valdes-Ramos et al (2001) (8) Can the degree of concordance with recommendations for a cancer prevention diet and lifestyle be assessed from existing survey information data?…”

“…The authors (20) parsed the WCRF/AICR recommendations (4) to determine to what extent relevant information on individual behaviour could be assessed from conventional FFQ. The questionnaire from the field survey had eighty-eight food and beverage items and was based on the Willett format (21) .…”

“…* Reproduced with permission from Valdé s-Ramos et al (8) . † Variables are ranked as follows: þ, evaluated; þ/2 , could be evaluated; 2 , not evaluated.…”

Practical limitations to a positive deviance approach for identifying dietary patterns compatible with the reduction of cancer risk

“…It is possible to use survey data to determine how closely population samples are in concordance with the tenets of the original 1997 WCRF/AICR recommendations (Valdes‐Ramos et al. , 2001, 2006; Cerhan et al.…”