Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mammographies do little to reduce breast-cancer mortality for pre- menopausal women ages 40 to 49, a new analysis reveals. For women 50 and older, however, the screening tests reduce cancer deaths 26%. Researchers say mammography may be more effective for older women because their breasts have a higher fat content, thereby increasing the test's sensitivity in detecting small tumors. Despite the findings, the American Cancer Society still says women between 40 and 49 should have the screening each year...
...study "gives additional momentum" to findings in animal tests that olive oil, alone among fat types, helps protect against breast cancer, said Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos of the Harvard School of Public Health, author of the study...
...fat," says Natalie Tolbert, 26, to a friend who has just ordered chicken nuggets, waffle fries, a soft drink and a brownie from an Atlanta fast-food joint. "You're pleasantly plump." More and more Americans are couching their excess in euphemism these days, and they're not necessarily ashamed of it. "Obviously I don't care," says Tolbert, gesturing to her ample figure and equally ample lunch. "I don't care because I find most men I go out with like a woman with some meat on her body...
...does Laura Eljaiek, program director for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, a lobby group that fights weight discrimination. "Fat is a natural state for most women," says Eljaiek. "We feel people should accept their weight without shame or denial...
...thing to switch from martinis to white wine or from saturated fat to unsaturated fat, and quite another to adopt moderation as a permanent life-style. The hardest challenge, perhaps, is to eat and drink just what your body needs, and not one ounce more...