Maintain a Healthy Weight to Lower Breast Cancer Risk.
Maintain a Healthy Weight to Lower Breast Cancer Risk.
Using thirteen years of data concerning 67,142 postmenopausal women, researchers note that obese women (body mass index > 35) have an 86% greater risk of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. This news is especially troubling as two-thirds of women in the United States are either overweight or obese.
JAMA Oncology, July 2015