08.18.05:French Fries Linked to Breast Cancer

from xinhua:

BEIJING, Aug. 19 -- Pre-school children who regularly eat French fries are more likely to develop breast cancer as adults, US researchers suggested. Pre-school children who regularly eat French fries are more likely to develop breast cancer as adults, US researchers suggested. (Photo source: baidu)  "Researchers are finding more evidence that diet early in life could play a role in the development of diseases in women later in life," said Dr Karin Michels, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School, who led the study.     "This study provides additional evidence that breast cancer may originate during the early phases of a woman's life and that eating habits during that phase may be particularly important to reduce future risk of breast cancer."     The study focused on 582 nurses who had breast cancer and more than 1,500 who didn't have breast cancer in 1993. Their mothers were asked how often the nurses had eaten 30 different foods as preschoolers.     Michels and colleagues estimated that for each additional serving of French fries per week that a woman ate as a pre-schooler, her risk of breast cancer in later life increased by 27 per cent.