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Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital recently found a correlation between weight gain and an increased risk of breast cancer...
Although the incidence of breast cancer is generally lower for young women, the study showed that maintaining a healthy weight is important throughout young adulthood...
...message [to young women] should be that they should try to maintain their lean body mass. Weight gain after 18 was associated with breast cancer," said a researcher in the study, Dr. Zhiping Huang, who does research at Brigham and Women's Hospital...
...study found that a weight gain of 45 pounds caused the risk of breast cancer for women aged 30 to 55 to double. But women who gain five to 10 pounds do not need to worry about an increased risk, she said...
According to Huang, physical activity is the most effective way for females to reduce their risk of breast cancer...