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Dose response relationship between breast cancer and somatotypes during childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yuqi DouBotian ChenXue YuQinghua XinDefu Ma
Published in: British journal of cancer (2023)
With early-life adiposity, our data support an inverse association with breast cancer risk, especially age less than 10 years and in postmenopausal women. Since girls with overweight likely remain overweight or even develop obesity in adulthood. While adults with overweight and obese are at increased risk of breast cancer and other types of cancer and various chronic diseases. Hence, we recommend that children should maintain a normal or slightly fat somatotype throughout all periods of life.
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