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The Meaning of Food to Breast Cancer Survivors

Abstract

Although a definitive relationship between diet and breast cancer remains controversial, many women adopt dietary change after diagnosis. To understand factors motivating dietary change, we explored the meanings that breast cancer survivors attached to food during recovery. Six women who were breast cancer sur- ; vivors for six to 19 years participated in semi-structured interviews exploring personal meanings attached to food, dietary changes after diagnosis, factors influencing dietary change, and experiences with food in relation to breast cancer. Two distinct phases emerged. These corresponded to active treatment, when women used food to gain control, to cope, for comfort, and ...

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