A survey of more than 2,200 people conducted by YouGov for the World Cancer Research Fund found that two thirds of people in mainland Britain are still unaware of the link between red and processed meats and bowel cancer.
Marilyn Gentry, chief executive of the WCRF, reminds us that experts’ advice is that the best amount of processed meat to eat is none at all. “But if people don’t know about the link between bowel cancer and processed meat they are not in a position to make informed choices. There’s still a lot of work to be done to spread the message about how people can reduce the risk.”
Cancer Research UK, the biggest charity in the UK, has an annual income of over £475 million. Why are they not putting more money in to educating people in order to prevent cancer developing in the first place, rather than spending millions on developing cures?
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Jay Leno interviewed college graduates and found that some did not know that the earth has only one moon!
July 7th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Wow - i never realised CRUK had such a high income, perhaps they should be shifing focus a little, although im no expert!. Im not so surprised at the lack of knowledge regarding the cancer risk from red/processed meats.
What’s going wrong with getting the healthy eating message out to the UK population?, this gap in understanding seems to have beeen embedded within the general public for decades.