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Article: Scientists link high-fat diet, breast cancer; The findings contradict other similar studies
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- July 19, 2003
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LONDON (AP) - A new study reopens the question, long dismissed by
researchers, of whether women who eat high-fat diets increase their
risk of breast cancer.
The study found that those who average more than 90 grams of fat
per day have roughly double the risk of those who eat just 37 grams.
However, the finding is likely to be controversial, since it
contradicts many large, careful studies that found no link between
what women eat and their risk of this common cancer.
Researchers who conducted the latest study argue theirs is better,
because it used a more precise method of measuring women's typical
diets. However, others said the study is too small to overturn the
vast research suggesting ...