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Eet vet word slank gepubliceerd januari 2013

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Trick and Treat:
How 'healthy eating' is making us ill
Trick and Treat cover

"A great book that shatters so many of the nutritional fantasies and fads of the last twenty years. Read it and prolong your life."
Clarissa Dickson Wright

Natural Health & Weight Loss
Natural Health & Weight Loss cover

"NH&WL may be the best non-technical book on diet ever written"
Joel Kauffman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA


Weight Gain Common After Breast Cancer Diagnosis






Irwin ML, McTiernan A, Baumgartner RN, et al.Changes in body fat and weight after a breast cancer diagnosis: influence of demographic, prognostic, and lifestyle factors. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Feb 1;23(4):774-82.

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, PO Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA. melinda.irwin@yale.edu

PURPOSE: Obese women and women who gain weight after a breast cancer diagnosis are at a greater risk for breast cancer recurrence and death compared with lean women and women who do not gain weight after diagnosis. In this population-based study, we assessed weight and body fat changes from during the first year of diagnosis to during the third year after diagnosis, and whether any changes in weight and body fat varied by demographic, prognostic, and lifestyle factors in 514 women with incident Stage 0-IIIA breast cancer.

METHODS: Patients were participants in the Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle (HEAL) study. Weight and body fat (via dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scans) were measured during the baseline visit and 2 years later at a follow-up visit. Analysis of covariance methods were used to obtain mean weight and body fat changes adjusted for potential cofounders.

RESULTS: Women increased their weight and percent body fat by 1.7 +/- 4.7 kg and 2.1% +/- 3.9%, respectively, from during their first year of diagnosis to during their third year of diagnosis. A total of 68% and 74% of patients gained weight and body fat, respectively. Greater increases in weight were observed among women diagnosed with a higher disease stage, younger age, being postmenopausal, and women who decreased their physical activity from diagnosis to up to 3 years after diagnosis (P for trend < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: Weight and body fat increased in the postdiagnosis period. Future research should focus on the effect of physical activity on weight and fat loss and breast cancer prognosis.



COMMENT:

It has long been realised that body fat increases the risk of cancer, and breast cancer in particular. This latest study is worrying as a weight increase after diagnosis is the last thing a patient needs.

The first worry is why weight gain follows diagnosis. Is diagnosis of breast cancer followed by dietary advice to reduce fat intake and eat '5 portions of fruit and vegetables', for example? If so, that could increase the risk.

As weight gain is caused by excessive intake of carbohydrates, and as carbohydrates are known to compromise the immune system, diagnosis of a cancer should provide a warning call that a change of diet may be desirable.





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