Women With Diets Higher in One Ingredient Could Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Summary
A study of more than 71,000 women in South Korea found that higher consumption of some sugary foods was associated with greater breast cancer risk. Researchers found no such association for fruit, and the study does not establish that sugar causes breast cancer.Key Facts
- The study used data from the Health Examinees-Gem study, collected between 2004 and 2013, and followed participants for an average of about nine years.
- Researchers identified about 700 new breast cancer cases among the participants.
- Women who ate ice cream more than once a week had a 26 percent higher risk than women who did not eat it.
- Women who ate sugary cereal more than once every two months had a 34 percent higher risk than those who never ate it.
- Women who ate more than two weekly servings of high-sugar foods had a 28 percent higher risk than those who ate less than one serving per month.
- The researchers found no association between greater fruit consumption and breast cancer risk.
- The study appeared in the European Journal of Nutrition on October 31.
- The researchers said factors including alcohol consumption and body mass index affected the strength of the associations.
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