Table 1.
Operationalization of and adherence to the WCRF/AICR dietary recommendations for cancer prevention in the CHANCES consortium
| Operationalization of WCRF dietary recommendations |
Scoring | Rotterdam Study N (%) |
EPIC-Elderly | NIH-AARP Study N (%) |
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| Spain N (%) |
Sweden N (%) |
Netherlands N (%) |
Denmark N (%) |
Greece N (%) |
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| Total WCRF/AICR diet score | ||||||||
| 0–4 | 2.3 (0.6) | 2.5 (0.7) | 2.3 (0.5) | 2.2 (0.6) | 1.8 (0.7) | 3.0 (0.5) | 2.2 (0.6) | |
| Limit the consumption of energy dense foods and avoid sugary drinks | ||||||||
| Energy density | ||||||||
| ≤125Kcal/100 g/d | 1.0 | 2,019 (52) | 1,689 (34) | 639 (21) | 969 (16) | 963 (6) | 2,790 (31) | 94,689 (30) |
| >125 to ≤175 Kcal/100 g/d | 0.5 | 1,572 (41) | 2,616 (53) | 1,769 (57) | 3,952 (64) | 7,927 (54) | 6,019 (67) | 171,733 (54) |
| >175Kcal/100 g/d | 0 | 283 (7) | 651 (13) | 706 (23) | 1,229 (20) | 5,875 (40) | 232 (3) | 53,294 (17) |
| Sugary drink intake | ||||||||
| 0 g/d | 1.0 | 2,068 (53) | 1,839 (37) | 54 (2) | 590 (10) | 384 (3) | none | 2,971 (1) |
| ≤ 250 g/d | 0.5 | 1,712 (44) | 2,884 (58) | 2,698 (87) | 4,361 (71) | 11,941 (81) | 8,435 (93) | 107,467 (34) |
| >250 g/d | 0 | 94 (2) | 233 (5) | 362 (12) | 1,199 (20) | 2,440 (17) | 606 (7) | 209,278 (65) |
| Eat mostly foods of plant origin | ||||||||
| Fruit and vegetable intake | ||||||||
| ≥400 g/d | 1.0 | 2,188 (56) | 3,519 (71) | 493 (16) | 2,355 (38) | 4,952 (34) | 8,266 (91) | 236,467 (74) |
| 200– 400 g/d | 0.5 | 1,491 (38) | 1,109 (22) | 1,210 (39) | 3,118 (51) | 6,334 (43) | 706 (8) | 66,817 (21) |
| < 200 g/d | 0.0 | 195 (5) | 328 (7) | 1,411 (45) | 677 (11) | 3,479 (24) | 69 (1) | 16,432 (5) |
| Dietary fiber intake | ||||||||
| ≥ 25 g/d | 1.0 | 175 (5) | 2,011 (41) | 571 (18) | 1,761 (29) | 6,817 (46) | 1604 (18) | 68,055 (21) |
| ≥ 12.5–<25 g/d | 0.5 | 2,988 (77) | 2,693 (54) | 2,028 (65) | 4,174 (68) | 7,361 (50) | 6,641 (73) | 175,280 (55) |
| <12.5 g/d | 0.0 | 711 (18) | 252 (5) | 515 (17) | 215 (4) | 587 (4) | 796 (9) | 76,381 (24) |
| Limit the intake of red meat and avoid processed meat | ||||||||
| Red and processed meat intake: | ||||||||
| Red meat <500 g/wk and processed meat < 3 g/d |
1.0 | 408 (11) | 599 (12) | 49 (2) | 671 (11) | 372 (3) | 6,882 (76) | 30,264 (9) |
| Red meat <500 g/wk and processed meat 3 to < 50 g/d |
0.5 | 682 (18) | 2,405 (49) | 2,511 (81) | 2,445 (40) | 3,788 (26) | 935 (10) | 175,467 (55) |
| Red meat ≥ 500 g/wk or processed meat ≥ 50 g/d |
0.0 | 2784 (72) | 1,952 (39) | 554 (18) | 3,031 (49) | 10,605 (72) | 1,224 (14) | 113,985 (36) |
| Limit alcoholic drinks | ||||||||
| Ethanol intake: ≤20 g/d (men) Ethanol intake: ≤ 10 g/d (women) |
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| Ethanol intake : 20 to ≤ 30 g/d (men) |
1.0 | 2,864 (74) | 3,563 (72) | 3,063 (98) | 4,560 (74) | 8,097 (55) | 7,884 (87) | 256,907 (80) |
| Ethanol intake: 10 to ≤ 20 g/d (women) |
0.5 | 513 (13) | 491 (10) | 45 (1) | 744 (12) | 2,701 (18) | 519 (6) | 25,866 (8) |
| Ethanol intake : >30 g/d (men) | 0.0 | 497 (13) | 902 (18) | 6 (0.2) | 846 (14) | 3,967 (27) | 638 (7) | 36,943 (12) |
| Ethanol intake: >20 g/d (women) |
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