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Study: Low-fat diet doesn't cut risk of some diseases in older women.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

| February 07, 2006 | Peres, Judy | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Judy Peres

CHICAGO _ Disappointed researchers announced Tuesday that putting older women on a low-fat diet did not reduce their risk of breast cancer, colon cancer or heart disease, as they had hoped.

But they quickly added that the study results should not be interpreted as a license to "rush out to the nearest fast-food store and stuff your face," as one researcher put it.

"There's a stay-tuned message here," said Dr. Henry Black, a preventive cardiologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and one of the study investigators.

The federally funded study, reported in a series of three papers in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, involved nearly 50,000 women ages 50-79 and was part of the landmark Women's Health Initiative. The…

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