Association Between Plant-Based Diets and Breast Cancer Risk – IARC
IARC – International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization shared a post on LinkedIn:
“IARC researchers and partners investigating association between plant-based diets and breast cancer risk find higher adherence to plant-based diets – characterized by higher intakes of fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, whole grains, vegetable oils, and coffee/tea – is associated with an 11% reduction in breast cancer risk.
Approximately 30–50% of the association with postmenopausal breast cancer risk may be mediated by lower adiposity, as measured by BMI and waist circumference.
The findings have implications for all breast cancer subtypes and highlight the importance of both the quality of plant-based foods and the maintenance of a healthy body weight.
The results were published in the European Journal of Epidemiology.”
Title: Plant-based dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study
Authors: Sanam Shah, Nasser Laouali, Yahya Mahamat-Saleh, Carine Biessy, Geneviève Nicolas, Sabina Rinaldi, Raul Zamora-Ros, Nikos Papadimitriou, Fernanda Morales-Berstein, Christina C. Dahm, Anne Kristine Lundgård Christensen, Lene Mellemkjaer, Anne Marie Overgaard Nielsen, Francesca Romana Mancini, Xuan Ren, Chloé Marques, Verena Katzke, Charlotte Le Cornet, Christine El-Khoury, Matthias B. Schulze, Claudia Agnoli, Vittorio Simeon, Rosario Tumino, Lorenzo Milani, Carlota Castro-Espin, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Amaia Aizpurua, Sandra M. Colorado-Yohar, Marcela Guevara, Alicia Heath, Dagfinn Aune, Heinz Freisling, Inge Huybrechts, Laure Dossus
Read the Full Article on European Journal of Epidemiology
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