Girls Early Diet and Exercise Linked to Breast Cancer Later
Breast cancer is linked to the diet that women had when they were young, a new report claims.
Source: Telegraph London online Date: 3/16/09
Girls' diet and the amount of exercise they take can determine their risk of
breast cancer in later life, it says.
The report also revealed a history of glandular fever might also have an influence on later risk
An analysis of 1,146 girls from birth to age 13 linked obesity and lack of exercise to an increased risk of breast cancer.
The
study, Nutrition in Children and Breast Cancer Childhood, was led by
Professor Jaak Janssens, president of the European Cancer Prevention
Organisation, in Hasselt, Belgium.
It
said: "Breast cancer seems to originate almost entirely in childhood.
The breast is most vulnerable at the very onset of development."
The report continues: "Further research should focus on nutrition in children and breast cancer risk to prevent the disease."
It also highlighted a link between the disease and exposure to "gender-bending" chemicals in childhood.
Professor
Florian Strasser, Scientific Chair of the conference for the European
Society for Medical Oncology, where the study will be presented next
week, said: "This could become a big public health issue.
"If
this is proved we have even bigger grounds to go into schools and
preschools and encourage more sports and healthier eating."
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