Sunday, 6 February 2011

Lower risk of breast cancer associated with a high dietary fat intake

This study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1987 Sep;79(3):465-71

Study title and authors:
Dietary fat and breast cancer in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study.
Jones DY, Schatzkin A, Green SB, Block G, Brinton LA, Ziegler RG, Hoover R, Taylor PR.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3476789

The relationship between dietary fat intake and breast cancer incidence was examined in 5,485 premenopausal and postmenopausal women, with 10 years of follow-up.

The study found that there is a significantly lower risk of breast cancer in women who have the highest fat intake and the highest saturated fat intake.

AMAZON UK Fat: It's Not What You Think
AMAZON USA Fat: It's Not What You Think