Study finds association between breast cancer and early diet
18 Aug 2005
US research indicates that children who eat chips regularly at an early age are at a significantly increased risk of breast cancer. It appears that for each additional serving of chips taken weekly at the age of 3 to 5 years women have 27 per cent more chance of breast cancer later in life. Writing in the International Journal of Cancer, scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, say it is not the food so much as the cooking process that is responsible. They point out that frying in fat high in saturated fats and trans-fatty acids may be the key factor. Lead author Karin Michels, of Harvard Medical School, says, “This study provides additional evidence that breast cancer may originate during the early phases of a woman’s life and that eating habits during that phase may be particularly important to reduce future risk of breast cancer.”