• Eating a healthy, balanced diet can help you keep a healthy body weight.
• For the things you can do to prevent cancer, your weight is second most important (being a non-smoker is #1).
• What you eat is very important in protecting you from cancer.
• Foods such as fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes and foods high in fibre can reduce the risk of cancer.
• Some foods, such as processed and red meat and salt-preserved foods can increase the risk of developing cancer. Processed meat is deli meats, bacon and hot dogs.
  
• Strong evidence shows that eating lots of processed and red meat can increase the risk of bowel cancer, and possibly stomach and pancreatic cancer.
  

• You can use just your hands to measure portion sizes (more info below).
  
• If you don't use tobacco, the most important cancer risk factors that can be changed are body weight, diet and physical activity.
• If you have good eating habits (portion size and nutrition are both important) and are physically active, your body weight will be easier to manage.
• Teaching kids to eat nutritious food builds long-term healthy habits they can use when they are adults.
  

What types of cancers are linked to unhealthy food choices?