Intake of dietary fat in adolescence associated with breast density

Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 09:21 in Health & Medicine

Consuming high amounts of saturated fat or low amounts of mono- and polyunsaturated fats as an adolescent was associated with higher breast density in young adulthood, investigators have found. Breast density is a risk factor for breast cancer.

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