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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨

@wcrf.org is looking for a Senior Policy Research Manager to lead global policy research on diet, physical activity & alcohol.

⏳ Apply by 5 Oct | £45–47k | Hybrid London
👉 www.wcrf.org/wp-content/u...

#Hiring #Policy #PublicHealth #cancerprevention

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Melissa @melissadando.bsky.social · Aug 22

Today the UK Government published guidelines for commercial baby food.

This is a welcome step, as levels of salt and sugar in these products are far too high and many have misleading claims. But ultimately, we need mandatory guidelines to achieve meaningful change.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Baby food firms told to cut sugar and stop promoting snacks for under-ones

Manufacturers who do not make products healthier within 18 months may face action, the government says.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Melissa @melissadando.bsky.social · Sep 3

Good news! The UK Government has today launched its consultation on banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s - delivering on a key manifesto promise.

@sustainweb.org has long campaigned for this step, which could prevent obesity in up to 40,000 children.

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Government to ban high caffeine energy drinks sales to children | Sustain

Sustain's Children's Food Campaign welcomes the government's plans to ban the sales of high caffeine energy drinks to under-16s as a logical step for drinks that already carry warning labels saying 'n...

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Jun 30

Delighted to contribute a blog on Cancer Prevention Action Week and the low awareness of the links between alcohol and cancer

Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Jun 27

✍️ In a new blog for the AHA, @kateot.bsky.social from @wcrf.org, outlines why the Government needs to take urgent action to address alcohol's role in cancer to mark Cancer Prevention Action Week.

ahauk.org/alcohol-and-...

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Jun 26

Amazing to take our campaign to the heart of government.

We need a National Alcohol Strategy for England, with a focus on MUP, marketing restrictions and mandatory cancer warning labels.

#CPAW25

World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Jun 26

We took our petition and a letter to 10 Downing Street yesterday. The letter was signed by more than 20 organisations, calling for a National Alcohol Strategy to Prevent Cancer #CPAW25
www.wcrf.org/about-us/new...
@aha-uk.bsky.social

WCRF, AHA and two breast cancer survivors

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Jun 23

Want to understand the specific cancer risks when consuming alcohol and how they increase? Does a pint a day make a big difference? Are women more at risk then men?

This great Telegraph article unpicks it all with @wcrf.org's Dr Helen Croker for Cancer Prevention Action Week.

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Why a pint a day puts men at risk of cancer

New research shows that only one in five men knows that drinking alcohol can increase your cancer risk – so how much is a safe amount?

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Jun 23

Huge thanks to @shaapalcohol.bsky.social for supporting Cancer Prevention Action Week and raising awareness on alcohol as a cause of cancer. Too few people know the risks - working together to reduce consumption, more people can avoid the devastation of an alcohol related cancer diagnosis.

SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · Jun 13

Alcohol causes cancer - yet too few people know the risks.

Around 17,000 people a year in the UK are diagnosed with an alcohol-related cancer.

Support @wcrf.org's call for a National Alcohol Strategy by signing the petition: 🔽

bit.ly/3YFSuyE

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Jun 23

A massive thank you to our partners @alcoholfocus.bsky.social for taking Cancer Prevention Action Week into Holyrood and raising awareness of alcohol as a cause of cancer. We hope MSPs will refresh the Scottish alcohol framework so fewer people receive a devastating alcohol-related cancer diagnosis

Alcohol Focus Scotland @alcoholfocus.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thanks to MSPs for backing #CPAW25 and raising awareness of alcohol’s link to cancer. 3 people in Scotland are diagnosed with an alcohol-related cancer every day. Let’s talk and open up conversations so everyone can make more informed choices about their health. #AlcoholAndCancer @wcrf.org

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Hazel Cheeseman @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social · Jun 21

Alcohol causes cancer. Too few of us who regularly drink understand that. The minimum requirement should be a warning on products. That the industry objects shows how it’s in their commercial interests to play this information down and keep customers in the dark

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Alcohol should have labels warning drinkers of cancer risks, charities say

Health organisations have written to Keir Starmer urging him to force drinks producers to include warnings

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Jun 21

Delighted to be quoted in today’s @theguardian.com as we launch @wcrf.org #CancerPreventionActionWeek. Most people don’t know alcohol increases cancer risk — but they have a right to. It’s time for mandatory warnings.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · May 7

I've shared some reflections on our engagement in last week's Multi stakeholder hearing, ahead of September's High Level Meeting on NCDs and how we urgently need to press the case for cancer prevention.

www.linkedin.com/posts/kate-o...

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · May 2

📢 An IARC @who.int report confirms that policies like alcohol taxes, minimum pricing, availability controls, and marketing bans reduce alcohol use - helping prevent cancer at the population level.

A landmark review now published in @nejm.org: www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

The IARC Perspective on the Effects of Policies on Reducing Alcohol Consumption | NEJM

Alcohol policy interventions, including those that increase alcohol taxes, raise the drinking and purchase age, reduce days or hours of sale, and impose strong marketing bans, reduce alcohol consum...

www.nejm.org

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · May 1

Today we have joined the Obesity Health Alliance in calling for the Government to take urgent action to protect babies and young children from unhealthy food #KidsAreSweetEnough 👇
obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2025/05/01/s... @oha-updates.bsky.social

OHA Letter to Secretary of State: Growing Up Healthy - Obesity Health Alliance

Accompanying press release: Growing Up Healthy – Prioritising Nutrition for the Next Generation 1st May 2025 To the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, On behalf of over 40 leading health o...

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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢SHAAP is supporting World Cancer Research Fund’s petition urging the UK Government to introduce a National Alcohol Strategy for England including improved alcohol labelling, minimum unit pricing and marketing restrictions. #CPAW2025

✍️Sign here: change.org/p/act-now-de...

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Apr 28

⚠️Alcohol causes 7 types of cancer and nearly 17,000 cases a year in the UK — but few know.

🗣️Ahead of @wcrf.org Cancer Prevention Action Week (23–29 June), join me in calling for a National Alcohol Strategy for England.

✍️Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/act-now-de...

#CPAW2025 #CancerPrevention

Sign the Petition

Act Now: Demand a National Alcohol Strategy to Prevent Cancer

www.change.org

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Apr 9

Today, we’re launching a major report on dietary and lifestyle patterns and their role in cancer prevention.

It emphasises that analysing dietary and lifestyle patterns in totality can help everyone understand better the factors that play a role in cutting cancer risk
www.wcrf.org/research-pol...

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Apr 9

This is a powerful report that supports our research that alcohol increases the risk of up to 7 types of cancer and that there is no safe limit of drinking. The Government must act 👇
alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/a-wake-...

A wake-up call: our new research into alcohol harm across the drinking spectrum | Alcohol Change UK

Dr Richard Piper, Chief Executive of Alcohol Change UK, shares his thoughts on the recent report 'Alcohol Harm Across the Drinking Spectrum', developed by The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and Alcoh...

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Feb 14

It’s great to see this @whoeurope.bsky.social report recommending health warning labels be added to alcohol packaging. Our own evidence shows alcohol is a risk factor for at least 7 cancers, yet it's exempt from any mandatory warning labels in most countries... 🧵1/2
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Alcohol health warning labels: a public health perspective for Europe

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Giota Mitrou @drgiotamitrou.bsky.social · Feb 12

Thank you UICC for this article by @ioanav.bsky.social on our policy blueprint for cancer prevention
www.uicc.org/news-and-upd... @kateot.bsky.social @wcrf.org

WCRF International emphasises the role of policymakers in improving cancer prevention in new blueprint

World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) International, a UICC member and partner, has launched a new policy blueprint highlighting effective policies to reduce exposure to key cancer risk factors, restrict ...

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Feb 5

Great to be part of the @oha-updates.bsky.social event today at @ukparliament.parliament.uk, where we spoke with MPs and peers about obesity and cancer prevention @drgiotamitrou.bsky.social @ioanav.bsky.social @melissadando.bsky.social

Lib Dem MP Victoria Collins with the WCRF policy team

Lord James Bethell with the WCRF policy team

Labour MP Andrew Gwynne talks to Dr Giota Mitrou from World Cancer Research Fund

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Feb 4

🚨 Today the Government launched a consultation on the National Cancer Plan for England, alongside a commitment to publishing the Plan this year.

We warmly welcome this news on #WorldCancerDay and stand ready to work with Wes Streeting to ensure cancer prevention is at its heart.

Charity welcomes UK Government’s announcement of National Cancer Plan on World Cancer Day | World Cancer Research Fund

New cancer plan for England aims to reduce the number of lives lost to cancer and improve survival rates.

www.wcrf.org

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Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Feb 4

Today @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social will launch the #NationalCancerPlan at 10am.

We hope #primaryprevention plays a pivotal role.

We at @wcrf.org look forward to learning more.

Kate Oldridge-Turner @kateot.bsky.social · Jan 30

Yesterday we launched our @wcrf.org Policy Blueprint for cancer prevention.

Want to know what, why and how?

Check out our latest blog: www.wcrf.org/about-us/new...

Joining the dots: our new Policy blueprint for cancer prevention | World Cancer Research Fund

Introducing our guide to policymaking across 4 key cancer risk factors: diet & weight; breastfeeding, physical activity and alcohol

www.wcrf.org

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Jan 29

🚨 Happening now! We are launching the @wcrforg Blueprint for Cancer Prevention 👉 tinyurl.com/3e7cdy7j

A one-stop-shop for policymakers & advocates to drive #cancerprevention policies & create healthier environments for all.

@drgiotamitrou.bsky.social @ioanavlad.bsky.social @kateot.bsky.social

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Jan 28

📢 Join @wcrf.org TOMORROW for the launch of our new Policy Blueprint for Cancer Prevention at 2:30 PM GMT. 🎯 A one-stop-shop for policymakers & advocates, packed with advice to drive cancer prevention policies & create healthier environments for all. 🌍💪

👉 tinyurl.com/5xvexat3 #CancerPrevention

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