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Just 5% Body Weight Loss Cuts Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk

 

What does 5% weight loss look like?

If you currently weigh 150 pounds, losing just 7.5 pounds may help reduce your breast cancer risk. At 190 pounds, losing just 9.5 pounds is 5%. For round numbers, let’s say that if you weigh some 150 to 200 pounds, losing some 7.5 to 10 pounds can cut your risk for breast cancer. This is a relatively small weight loss range that results in tremendous benefits.

The numbers come from research that looked at 61,335 postmenopausal women between the age of 50 and 75 who had no history of breast cancer and had normal mammography results. At the baseline measurement time the group was classified as 41% normal weight, 34% overweight and 25% obese.

During the median follow-up of 11.4 years, there were 3061 incident cases of invasive breast cancer. The study found that the women who experienced a 5% weight loss displayed a significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer.

Researchers from the mentioned study pointed out that the International Association for Research on Cancer recently concluded that the absence of body fatness lowers the risk of most cancers. Said another way, “women should avoid body fatness.”

Achieving your ideal body weight is absolutely key to good health.

 

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