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Less Fat Intake Unrelated To Weight Loss After Cancer Diagnosis.(breast cancer)

Women's Health Weekly

| March 15, 2001 | Henderson, CW | COPYRIGHT 2001 NewsRX. 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

2001 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Julie Crawshaw, staff medical writer -- For most women at risk for breast cancer recurrence, reducing fat intake is not related to losing weight after breast cancer diagnosis, researchers in the United States say.

C.L. Rock and colleagues at the University of California at San Diego reported that while cutting fats was not associated with significant weight loss, increasing intake of fiber, fruit, and vegetables was.

The researchers also found that weight loss following intensive diet intervention does not interfere with testing for the effects that substantial dietary change may have on the risks for recurrent breast cancer.

The Rock team studied 1,010 women during their first year in a dietary interventional trial designed to lower cancer recurrence risk. All the women had been treated for Stage I, Stage II or Stage IIIA primary operable breast cancer.

The research team noted an association between change in the subjects' body mass index (BMI) and ...

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