Healthy Lifestyle and Risk of Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition Cohort Study

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 95; no. 16; p. e2850
• Main Authors: McKenzie, Fiona, Biessy, Carine, Ferrari, Pietro, Freisling, Heinz, Rinaldi, Sabina, Chajès, Veronique, Dahm, Christina C., Overvad, Kim, Dossus, Laure, Lagiou, Pagona, Trichopoulos, Dimitrios, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas, May, Anne, Peeters, Petra H., Weiderpass, Elisabete, Sanchez, Maria-Jose, Navarro, Carmen, Ardanaz, Eva, Ericson, Ulrika, Wirfält, Elisabet, Travis, Ruth C., Romieu, Isabelle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.04.2016; Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Behavior Therapy - methods; Community medicine, Social medicine: 801; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Forecasting; Health sciences: 800; Health Status; Helsefag: 800; Humans; Life Style; Male; Medical disciplines: 700; Medisinske Fag: 700; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Neoplasms - psychology; Nutrition Surveys - methods; Nutritional Support - methods; Observational Study; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Risk Assessment - methods; Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801; Sex Factors; VDP; Europe
• ISSN: 0025-7974; 1536-5964; 1536-5964
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002850

It has been estimated that at least a third of the most common cancers are related to lifestyle and as such are preventable. Key modifiable lifestyle factors have been individually associated with cancer risk; however, less is known about the combined effects of these factors. This study generated a...