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Being overweight is still a “very strong risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer,” wrote Michels, adding that “the incidence of breast cancer increases with...
Michels and her colleagues examined over 113,000 participants from 1989 to 2003 and found that a higher index correlated with a lower probability of premenopausal breast cancer...
According to the study, women with a BMI of 30 or above are 19 percent less likely to suffer premenopausal breast cancer than those with a BMI between 20 and 22.2, a range the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classifies as normal...
...findings also show that an individual’s BMI at age 18 is the strongest indicator of a lower risk of premenopausal breast cancer...
...This provides further evidence that breast cancer originates early in life, in childhood or even earlier,” wrote Michels...