Can Weight Loss Lower Breast Cancer Risk?

If having extra body fat increases the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, can losing weight – by diet, exercise or both –  decrease the risk? It makes sense, but it’s a less well-studied research area. Two recent studies now suggest it can. Bothstudies focused on indicators or biomarkers of cancer risk.

The May  issue of Cancer Research Update  highlights one of the studies. In that study, researchers looked at how diet, with and without exercise, lowered indicators of inflammation (it did). Chronic inflammation is closely tied to increased risk.

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