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Article: UMDNJ RESEARCHER SAYS LOW-FAT DIET MAY NOT REDUCE POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN'S RISK OF BREAST CANCER, HEART DISEASE, COLORECTAL CANCER
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- February 7, 2006
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University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey issued the following news release:
Postmenopausal women who adhered to a low-fat diet did not significantly reduce the incidence of breast cancer, heart disease, or risk of colorectal cancer, says a researcher at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, who was a principal investigator in the nationwide study conducted by the National Institutes of Health.
The results of the largest national clinical trial of low-fat diet are reported in three papers published in the February 8 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Among the 48,835 women between the ages of 50 and 79 who participated in the ...