Cohort Studies of Fat Intake and the Risk of Breast Cancer — A Pooled Analysis
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 8 February 1996Open access
David J. Hunter, Donna Spiegelman, Hans‐Olov Adami, W. Lawrence Beeson, Piet A. van den Brandt, Aaron R. Folsom
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In the context of the Western lifestyle, lowering the total intake of fat in midlife is unlikely to reduce the risk of breast cancer substantially, and there is no evidence of a positive association between total dietary fat intake and the riskof breast cancer.
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We found no evidence of a positive association between total dietary fat intake and the risk of breast cancer. There was no reduction in risk even among women whose energy intake from fat was less than 20 percent of total energy intake. In the context of the Western lifestyle, lowering the total intake of fat in midlife is unlikely to reduce the risk of breast cancer substantially.
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