Brigid Lynch

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Corresponding Author Brigid M. Lynch PhD Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physical Activity Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence Brigid M. Lynch, Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Level 8, 200 Victoria Parade East, Melbourne 3002, Victoria, Australia.

Feb 13, 2025 | acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Brigid Lynch |Julie Bassett |Roger Milne |Alpa Patel

INTRODUCTION Most studies that have estimated the burden of cancer attributable to physical inactivity have been guided by World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research risk factor grading criteria from their Third Expert Report.1 For example, the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Risk Factor Collaborators used these criteria, and estimated the cancer disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) attributable to breast and colorectal cancer around the world.