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Breast Cancer's Reach Extends to Childhood

  • October 14, 2004

It may be more important than ever to get your kids, and especially young girls, started on the right track nutritionally as soon as possible, thanks to a recent study that found the beginnings of breast cancer extend far earlier than scientists ever expected. The Danish study, that followed some 117,000 girls between 1930-75, found extra height and high birth weight are high factors for breast cancer and rapid growth in childhood and adolescence increases those chances. Using several...