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Health Problems
Breast Cancer
Research
Breast cancer risk lower
if weight stable and exercise regularly
Exercising regularly has been shown to reduce the
risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women, especially in those women
whose weight did not fluctuate much throughout their lifetime.
The amount of exercise carried out by young women
has been linked to cancer risk so earlier studies show. Researchers at the
Department of Preventive Medicine in California aimed to investigate if
the same risks applied to post-menopausal women.
The study evaluated 1123 post-menopausal white
women against 904 healthy women aged 55-64 who lived in Los Angeles
County. Women who exercised 17.6 hours each week since starting their
periods lowered their risks of breast cancer the most significantly. This
was increased the most substantially if the women were of stable weight.
Post-menopausal women who practised regular
exercise and whose weight gain was consistent throughout their adult years
were found to have the lowest risk of breast cancer.
Reference: Lifetime
exercise activity and breast cancer risk among post-menopausal women.
Carpenter CL; Ross RK; Paganini-Hill A; Bernstein L
Br J Cancer, 80:1852-8, 1999 Aug
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