High fat diet means high breast cancer risk

Monday October 13, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) — In the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we will publish a series of reports on studies and others on the disease to raise readers’ awareness of the fact that breast cancer is a preventable disease.

A study published in the Nov. 2008 issue of British Journal of Nutrition identified a dietary pattern that was linked to increased risk of breast cancer.

The study led by Schulz M and colleagues from German Institute of Human Nutrition in Germany was meant to determine if certain diet pattern is associated with risk of breast cancer.

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