The Third Expert Report, Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective, from World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research (see Box 1) brings together the very latest research, findings and Cancer Prevention Recommendations from the Continuous Update Project (CUP) – see Box 2. The Third Expert Report builds on the groundbreaking achievements of the First and Second Expert Reports, published in 1997 and 2007 respectively. Like its predecessors, the Third Expert Report provides a comprehensive analysis, using the most meticulous of methods, of the worldwide body of evidence on preventing and surviving cancer through diet, nutrition and physical activity, and presents the latest global Cancer Prevention Recommendations.