Health promotion for non-communicable diseases: cancers
Introduction
This is the second article in a series covering health promotion for non-communicable diseases, looking at:
In this article, the authors consider lifestyle-based approaches related to the development of cancers. Cancer Research UK (2024) highlighted that the leading cause of cancer in the UK is tobacco, closely followed by obesity. Four in ten cancers in the UK – equivalent to 135 000 cases – can be preventable with changes to lifestyle factors (Cancer Research UK, 2024). This is supported by the World Health Organization (2022), which states that:
Around one-third of deaths from cancer are due to tobacco use, high body mass index, alcohol consumption, low fruit and vegetable intake, and lack of physical activity.
For further reading on person-centred health promotion and lifestyle approaches, see Webster and Morris (2024), where the authors explore why people participate
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