In the coming years, European death rates because of cancer will further decline, but the
overall number of cases will increase, mostly as a consequence of the ageing of the
population. The target for cancer prevention in Europe will remain a healthy diet and control
of obesity in addition to a decrease in smoking. A healthy diet model in European countries
is the traditional Mediterranean diet, which is based on abundant and variable plant foods,
high consumption of cereals, olive oil as the main (added) fat, low intake of (red) meat and�…