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High Fat Diets and Cancer
Women Who Eat High Fat Diet Double Their Risk of Breast Cancer
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High Fat Diets and Cancer

High fat diets may have significant health risks according to recent research.

Women who eat a high-fat diet may double their risk of developing breast cancer later in life, say researchers.

A study of more than 13,000 women from Norfolk, England, found that women who ate the most saturated fats - such as those found in chocolate snacks and fast food - were almost twice as likely to develop cancer, compared with those who ate the least.

It is already known that obesity raises the risk of breast cancer, but this study points the finger at fatty foods in particular.

Writing in The Lancet medical journal, experts from the Medical Research Council's Dunn Human Nutrition Unit in Cambridge reported details of detailed "food diaries" taken from the women.

Women in the top 20 percent bracket for consumption of saturated fats in their diet were roughly twice as likely as women in the lowest 20 percent bracket to develop breast cancer.

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