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What specific changes should people make in their eating habits to reduce their chances of getting cancer?

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[CK-05]  What specific changes should people make in their eating habits to reduce their chances of getting cancer?
Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses 		Sample
Percentage
, low-fat dairy 24,793 0.2% 1 0.2%
Acidic foods 9,783 0.0% 1 0.2%
As perscribed by dr 25,394 0.2% 1 0.2%
Aviod pesticides in foods 47,053 0.4% 1 0.2%
Avioding foods which cause can 26,877 0.2% 1 0.2%
Avoid alum pans/use olive oil 10,599 0.1% 1 0.2%
Avoid beef because of antibiot 33,402 0.3% 1 0.2%
Avoid burnt things 55,397 0.5% 1 0.2%
Avoid caffiene less fatty meat 62,452 0.5% 1 0.2%
Avoid carcinogens 128,475 1.2% 7 1.8%
Avoid certain foods that cause 19,551 0.1% 1 0.2%
Avoid charred 39,655 0.3% 1 0.2%
Avoid charred food on the gril 24,070 0.2% 1 0.2%
Avoid chemicals 9,760 0.0% 1 0.2%
Avoid deli foods 16,483 0.1% 1 0.2%
Avoid free radicals 42,632 0.4% 1 0.2%
Avoid harmful things 19,532 0.1% 1 0.2%
Avoid meats cooked over open f 13,542 0.1% 1 0.2%
Avoid meats w/ hormones 32,268 0.3% 1 0.2%
Avoid overdone grilled foods 27,690 0.2% 1 0.2%
Avoid pesticides 40,726 0.3% 1 0.2%
Avoid spicy foods 13,008 0.1% 1 0.2%
Bake instead of fry 79,510 0.7% 1 0.2%
Barbeque less 38,266 0.3% 1 0.2%
Be careful of fish in polluted 27,514 0.2% 1 0.2%
Be vegetarian 20,403 0.1% 1 0.2%
Become vegan 20,615 0.1% 1 0.2%
Bread, caffine 5,012 0.0% 1 0.2%
Broad leaf veggies, 32,016 0.3% 1 0.2%
Broccoli, milk 30,419 0.2% 1 0.2%
Broil or bake instead of fried 10,637 0.1% 1 0.2%
Burned fats 12,070 0.1% 1 0.2%
Cancer reducing foods 9,279 0.0% 1 0.2%
Carcinigens in certain foods 16,272 0.1% 1 0.2%
Certain vegs like broccoli 25,482 0.2% 1 0.2%
Check carefully where the fish 40,968 0.3% 1 0.2%
Check the meats 15,031 0.1% 1 0.2%
Check with doctor what he recm 39,931 0.3% 1 0.2%
Chemicals in pop 22,903 0.2% 1 0.2%
Chew food good 35,126 0.3% 1 0.2%
Chickens/hormones 4 grwth bad 22,679 0.2% 1 0.2%
Cut back antioxidants 32,289 0.3% 1 0.2%
Cut back hydrogenated products 37,392 0.3% 1 0.2%
Cut down on nutrasweet 64,061 0.6% 1 0.2%
Cut out the meat 14,529 0.1% 1 0.2%
Cutting down on 22,679 0.2% 1 0.2%
Dark green vegetables 38,818 0.3% 1 0.2%
Dark green veggies 72,768 0.6% 1 0.2%
Decrease carcinogens increase 42,363 0.4% 1 0.2%
Discuss with doctor 13,341 0.1% 1 0.2%
Discuss with dr what he thinks 14,853 0.1% 1 0.2%
Do not coffee 48,593 0.4% 1 0.2%
Do not drink city water 42,028 0.4% 1 0.2%
Do not eat meats that are not 26,366 0.2% 1 0.2%
Don't anything that causes can 45,673 0.4% 1 0.2%
Don't burn the meat 11,423 0.1% 1 0.2%
Don't eat pork 15,992 0.1% 1 0.2%
Don't use artificial sweetners 30,478 0.2% 1 0.2%
Dont burn food no burnt grille 13,542 0.1% 1 0.2%
Dont dring coffee or tea 21,421 0.2% 1 0.2%
Dont eat burnt stuff 15,355 0.1% 1 0.2%
Dont overcook the food 17,495 0.1% 1 0.2%
Dont sear meet/fried foods 40,706 0.3% 1 0.2%
Drink a glass of wine each day 13,575 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink a little wine at dinner 13,675 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink green tea red wine & tak 14,002 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink liquids 18,381 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink milk 24,188 0.2% 1 0.2%
Drink more hot tea 31,051 0.2% 1 0.2%
Drink more juice 32,268 0.3% 1 0.2%
Drink more milk, stay away fro 22,398 0.2% 1 0.2%
Drink more nat. juice 37,769 0.3% 1 0.2%
Drink more orange juice 14,959 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink more red wine 12,581 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink no milk 16,197 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink oj 20,924 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink one glass of red wine da 40,072 0.3% 1 0.2%
Drink orange juice 187,591 1.7% 5 1.3%
Drink red tea 48,825 0.4% 1 0.2%
Drink red wine 84,156 0.8% 3 0.8%
Drink red wine at bedtime 22,504 0.2% 1 0.2%
Drink soy milk instead of reg. 36,851 0.3% 1 0.2%
Drink tea to reduce risk 37,299 0.3% 1 0.2%
Drink vegetable juice 12,397 0.1% 1 0.2%
Drink wine 33,190 0.3% 1 0.2%
Drop dairy prod 36,841 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat a lot of cabbage family fo 32,620 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat at home more 49,538 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat blueberries 26,404 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat body cleansing foods 13,289 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat broccoli 53,216 0.5% 2 0.5%
Eat broccoli grapes, less over 12,543 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat certain cerals 32,205 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat fish 27,110 0.2% 2 0.5%
Eat fish/meat should be lean 10,396 0.0% 1 0.2%
Eat foods cookednot raw 71,008 0.6% 1 0.2%
Eat foods that discourage canc 37,031 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat foods that help stop cance 37,257 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat foods that prevent cancer 42,364 0.4% 2 0.5%
Eat fresh foods 27,376 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat fresh stuff 12,807 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat garlic 39,128 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat lean meats 38,515 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat less charred meat 28,779 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat less cured & smoked foods 25,982 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat less cured meats 25,529 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat less eggs, eat carrots 12,698 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat less fish/mercury intake 29,831 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat less flesh 34,859 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat less meat 293,064 2.7% 8 2.1%
Eat less meat & dairy products 11,390 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat less meat and wash vegetab 30,526 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat less peanuts/barqued meats 15,971 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat less pork 82,063 0.7% 2 0.5%
Eat less soy 36,629 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat less starches 7,594 0.0% 1 0.2%
Eat less white flour an 40,663 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat low acid level food 30,207 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat moderate amount of meat 20,483 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more baked foods 13,388 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more berry fruits 13,942 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more broccoli 19,914 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more cancer preventing foo 49,397 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat more chicken 8,592 0.0% 1 0.2%
Eat more chicken & fish 105,322 1.0% 2 0.5%
Eat more chicken and fish 12,644 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more cooked food and less 42,050 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat more fish 628,075 5.9% 24 6.4%
Eat more fish and chicken 39,241 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat more fish avoid white brea 39,464 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat more fish, no caffine 53,067 0.5% 1 0.2%
Eat more fish/omega fats 22,346 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat more foods which prevent c 31,331 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat more garlic 38,339 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat more greens 55,373 0.5% 1 0.2%
Eat more greens, juice therapy 44,358 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat more homemade food 51,770 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat more leafy bright color 11,720 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more leafy greens 43,701 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat more meat 38,385 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat more modified foods 36,685 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat more nuts & beans 9,529 0.0% 1 0.2%
Eat more oatmeal 49,760 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat more pork and chicken/fish 39,753 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat more poultry turkey 20,825 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more red meat 19,731 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat more seafood 73,525 0.7% 2 0.5%
Eat non cancerous foods & does 33,454 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat protein & fish 46,568 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eat protein/meat 28,666 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eat things betecartynes 10,842 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eat tomato skins 36,755 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eat tomatoes 92,027 0.8% 3 0.8%
Eat uncontaminated foods 10,339 0.0% 1 0.2%
Eat vegetables with dark color 30,509 0.2% 1 0.2%
Eating cancer fighting foods 42,097 0.4% 1 0.2%
Eating food that are cooked on 11,753 0.1% 1 0.2%
Eating more fish & poultry 41,123 0.3% 1 0.2%
Eating spicy foods 56,631 0.5% 1 0.2%
Eliminate exposure to foods wi 49,477 0.4% 1 0.2%
Ff 32,848 0.3% 1 0.2%
Fish oils 29,896 0.2% 1 0.2%
Fish,green veggies, 29,126 0.2% 1 0.2%
Food preparation how they ove 5,984 0.0% 1 0.2%
Get advice from doctor 35,834 0.3% 1 0.2%
Get up the immune system 32,036 0.3% 1 0.2%
Give up fresh milk and dairy 12,224 0.1% 1 0.2%
Go vegan 34,026 0.3% 1 0.2%
Good home cooking 18,387 0.1% 1 0.2%
Good personal habits 56,849 0.5% 1 0.2%
Green & yellow veggies 31,622 0.3% 1 0.2%
Green leafy veggies 46,918 0.4% 1 0.2%
Green tea 82,060 0.7% 3 0.8%
Green vegetable 27,774 0.2% 1 0.2%
Green vegtables 47,133 0.4% 1 0.2%
Grill less food 51,440 0.4% 1 0.2%
Grow own foods/veggies 47,893 0.4% 1 0.2%
Have common everyday foods 25,783 0.2% 1 0.2%
Have no meat 52,285 0.4% 2 0.5%
Have to consult a dr 28,213 0.2% 1 0.2%
Healthy food well cooked chick 16,411 0.1% 1 0.2%
Healthy methods of cooking foo 46,891 0.4% 1 0.2%
Hydrogonated fats 21,306 0.2% 1 0.2%
Iffy about diet concerns 29,005 0.2% 1 0.2%
Increase eating carrots and br 34,475 0.3% 1 0.2%
Increase tomato intake 37,350 0.3% 1 0.2%
Lay off coffee 6,411 0.0% 1 0.2%
Lay off meat 41,807 0.3% 1 0.2%
Lay off specific foods that 32,549 0.3% 1 0.2%
Less animal products 32,928 0.3% 1 0.2%
Less artificial sweetners 12,127 0.1% 1 0.2%
Less caffeine 77,196 0.7% 2 0.5%
Less caffeine 31,803 0.3% 1 0.2%
Less caffeine,more ch 47,179 0.4% 1 0.2%
Less carcinogens 28,049 0.2% 1 0.2%
Less charcoal cooking 33,306 0.3% 1 0.2%
Less charrred and burnt meat 32,865 0.3% 1 0.2%
Less coffee 61,682 0.5% 2 0.5%
Less dairy 27,395 0.2% 1 0.2%
Less fatty meats 25,322 0.2% 2 0.5%
Less grilled & blackened foods 40,293 0.3% 1 0.2%
Less grilled charred foods 29,126 0.2% 1 0.2%
Less heavy meat 9,619 0.0% 1 0.2%
Less meat 90,645 0.8% 3 0.8%
Less meat all meat 14,281 0.1% 1 0.2%
Less poultry 19,627 0.1% 1 0.2%
Less smoked meats and nitrates 41,385 0.3% 1 0.2%
Limit animal products , 24,785 0.2% 1 0.2%
Limit meats more raw and 4,912 0.0% 1 0.2%
Lots of fruit juice 53,706 0.5% 1 0.2%
Low carb 8,731 0.0% 1 0.2%
Low meats/vegetarian 14,002 0.1% 1 0.2%
Lower caffeine 32,286 0.3% 1 0.2%
Lower caffine intake 21,567 0.2% 1 0.2%
Make sure vegetables washed 19,814 0.1% 1 0.2%
Milk 17,911 0.1% 1 0.2%
Milk & dairy products 29,091 0.2% 1 0.2%
Milk, 19,468 0.1% 1 0.2%
More cauliflower/broccoli 12,354 0.1% 1 0.2%
More chicken & fish 26,811 0.2% 1 0.2%
More chicken less caffeine 48,825 0.4% 1 0.2%
More complex carbohydrates 40,301 0.3% 1 0.2%
More dairy 23,408 0.2% 1 0.2%
More fish 33,402 0.3% 1 0.2%
More fish and poultry(lean,fre 15,044 0.1% 1 0.2%
More fish chicken 17,451 0.1% 1 0.2%
More fish fewer dairy product 10,544 0.1% 1 0.2%
More fish oils 12,718 0.1% 1 0.2%
More fish, fowl & pork 18,646 0.1% 1 0.2%
More fish/chicken 34,991 0.3% 1 0.2%
More fluids: milk & juices 24,187 0.2% 1 0.2%
More garlic 12,964 0.1% 1 0.2%
More green leafy vegetables 28,822 0.2% 1 0.2%
More green leafy vegetables, l 55,116 0.5% 1 0.2%
More green vegetables 58,608 0.5% 4 1.0%
More home cooked meals 49,722 0.4% 1 0.2%
More juice 31,291 0.2% 1 0.2%
More leafy greens 138,185 1.3% 5 1.3%
More leafy greens & poultry 15,830 0.1% 1 0.2%
More leafy greens&less charred 15,138 0.1% 1 0.2%
More leafy vegatable 15,213 0.1% 1 0.2%
More lean meat & fish 16,533 0.1% 1 0.2%
More mono sat fats than poly 49,098 0.4% 1 0.2%
More natural sources of nut 61,508 0.5% 1 0.2%
More nuts 14,846 0.1% 1 0.2%
More tomatoes 20,710 0.1% 1 0.2%
More wheat 18,434 0.1% 1 0.2%
More whole foods nuts 12,682 0.1% 1 0.2%
No caffeine 15,312 0.1% 1 0.2%
No caffeine no nicotine 12,986 0.1% 1 0.2%
No coffee/teas 16,118 0.1% 1 0.2%
No dairy or wheat 31,331 0.2% 1 0.2%
No dairy products 27,213 0.2% 1 0.2%
No food substitutions, pork, 3,672 0.0% 1 0.2%
No food with cancer causing th 40,750 0.3% 1 0.2%
No meat, white bread 27,675 0.2% 1 0.2%
No pork mostly chiken and fish 13,083 0.1% 1 0.2%
No transfatty acids and refine 10,638 0.1% 1 0.2%
Not a lot of meat in general 9,518 0.0% 1 0.2%
Not diet related - lack of o2 57,607 0.5% 1 0.2%
Not eating hot dogs 26,397 0.2% 1 0.2%
Nothing doesnt believe 36,934 0.3% 1 0.2%
Nutritional liquids 18,722 0.1% 1 0.2%
Overcooked food that loose vit 19,048 0.1% 1 0.2%
Pay attention to what doctor 20,533 0.1% 1 0.2%
Prepare foods from scratch 49,293 0.4% 1 0.2%
Properly prepared food 44,967 0.4% 1 0.2%
R eats japeloneos 39,464 0.3% 1 0.2%
Reduce acidity 10,654 0.1% 1 0.2%
Reduce caffeine intake 9,295 0.0% 1 0.2%
Reduce cancer causing foods 16,296 0.1% 1 0.2%
Reduce chemicals in pills 8,375 0.0% 1 0.2%
Reduce coffee 40,229 0.3% 1 0.2%
Reduce coffee intake 15,275 0.1% 1 0.2%
Reduce toxins in foods they ea 8,566 0.0% 1 0.2%
Reduced foods that cause can. 42,089 0.4% 1 0.2%
Selective meats 10,544 0.1% 1 0.2%
Slow down eatiing proces chew 10,772 0.1% 1 0.2%
Smoked foods 11,471 0.1% 1 0.2%
Some meat 20,960 0.1% 1 0.2%
Stay away frm certain types of 35,688 0.3% 1 0.2%
Stay away from carcinogens 24,680 0.2% 1 0.2%
Stay away from dairy products 40,165 0.3% 1 0.2%
Stay away from grilled food 15,707 0.1% 1 0.2%
Stay away from meat and 55,813 0.5% 1 0.2%
Stop eating charcoal grilled f 49,028 0.4% 1 0.2%
Stop grilling food, additives 24,985 0.2% 1 0.2%
Stop taking perscription drugs 24,440 0.2% 1 0.2%
Take more time eating, more or 76,349 0.7% 1 0.2%
Trans fats, low carbs, 26,859 0.2% 1 0.2%
Try to avoid burnt foods 16,255 0.1% 1 0.2%
Try to avoid charred foods 38,094 0.3% 1 0.2%
Try to avoid coffee 31,496 0.3% 1 0.2%
Types of food/acid reflx 35,832 0.3% 1 0.2%
Vegetarian 24,777 0.2% 1 0.2%
Wash food 12,597 0.1% 1 0.2%
Wash food thoroughly 34,475 0.3% 1 0.2%
Wash fruit & vegetables 13,338 0.1% 1 0.2%
Wash fruits 12,037 0.1% 1 0.2%
Wash fruits & vegetables 63,345 0.6% 1 0.2%
Wash fruits and vegetables 24,777 0.2% 1 0.2%
Wash off fofruits & vegetables 15,256 0.1% 1 0.2%
Wash vegetables 20,181 0.1% 1 0.2%
Washing fruits & veggies 59,962 0.5% 1 0.2%
Well-washed fresh fruits & veg 10,921 0.1% 1 0.2%
Wheat breads, 20,851 0.1% 1 0.2%
Wholesome home cooking 10,801 0.1% 1 0.2%
 
Total
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Survey Notes:
 HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF  
Who was asked:
 People who stated 'Eat Better' in regards to what people can do to reduce their chances of getting cancer , People who named some other change in eating habits that people should make so they would be less likely to get cancer  
Data collection method:
 Phone
Question source:
 New to HINTS 2003 
Dataset:
 2003
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