Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
...risk is continuous," she said. "The more [weight] you gain, the bigger the risk...
...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...
Huang explained that "after menopause, estrogen is produced by body fat. Weight gain increases blood estrogen levels...
...planning to study body fat distributions and risk of breast cancer," Huang said. "Some women gain a lot of weight abdominally. But some women gain weight peripherally...