Weight loss may lower breast cancer risk for post-menopausal women
Women,
please take a note. Losing weight can help lower the risk of developing breast
cancer in the post-menopausal stage, a new study has found.
The
study, published in the journal CANCER,
found that among post-menopausal women, participants who lost weight had a
lower risk of developing invasive breast cancer than those who maintained or
gained weight.
"Our
study indicates that moderate, relatively short-term weight reduction was
associated with a statistically significant reduction in breast cancer risk for
postmenopausal women," said co-author Rowan Chlebowski from the City of
Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California.
Although
obesity has been strongly related to breast cancer risk, studies examining
whether weight loss might reduce postmenopausal women's risk have provided
mixed results, the researchers said.
For
the study, the research team analysed information on 61,335 women participating
in the World Health Initiative Observational Study who had no prior history of
breast cancer and had normal mammogram results. Read
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