Study links breast cancer to fatty diets.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: July 18, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: John von Radowitz

WOMEN who eat too much fat greatly increase their risk of breast cancer, new findings suggest today.

A study showed that women who eat more than 90 grams of fat daily were twice as likely to develop the disease as those who eat less than 40 grams.

The discovery emerged after the diet of more than 13,000 women taking part in a major cancer investigation was closely ...

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