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Teen girls and young women who eat a healthy diet have a lower risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer later in life, a new study has found.(Photo: Anna_Om, Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Teenage girls and young women who eat a healthy diet may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer before menopause, according to a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Using data from 45,204 women in the Nurses' Health Study II, researchers looked at whether women'searly eating habits affected their risk of developing breast cancer later in life. The study participants answered questions about their diets in 1991, and then every four years after that. After 22 years, 870 women who were surveyed developed breast cancer before menopause, and 490 developed breast cancer after menopause.

In a released statement,Karin B. Michels, a professor and head of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in Los Angeles, said each woman's risk of breast cancer is different, based on a number of factors including genetics, demographics and lifestyle. Because breast cancer takes many years to arise, Michels said researchers wanted to know if early diet habits are a risk factor for breast cancer.

Women with the poorest diets during adolescence had a 35 percent higher risk for premenopausal breast cancer, when compared to women with the healthiest diets during their teen years. Women with the poorest diets in early adulthood had a 41 percent higher risk for premenopausal breast cancer.

During adolescence and early adulthood, when the mammary gland is rapidly developing and is therefore particularly susceptible to lifestyle factors," Michels said, "it is important to consume a diet rich in vegetables, fruit, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes and to avoid soda consumption and a high intake of sugar, refined carbohydrates, and red and processed meats.

Kim Mulford: (856) 486-2448; kmulford@gannettnj.com

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