ReviewCureus2022
High-Fat Diet as a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Evidence on the Relationships Between Total Fat Intake and Health Outcomes Other Than Unhealthy Weight Gain in Adults and Children: A Scoping Review.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2026Review
- Association Between Dietary Total Fat Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Case-Control and Cohort Studies.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Loss of Mast cells and histaminergic signaling link diet to platelet-mediated NETosis and mammary cancer recurrence.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Dietary Diversity Score Associated With a Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer: A Large Population-Based Incident Case-Control Study.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- The Complex Path from Mammary Ductal Hyperplasia to Breast Cancer: Elevated Malignancy Risk in Atypical Forms.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Adverse childhood experiences and adult stress eating.Research square · 2025Article
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- Association between a dietary index for gut microbiota and breast cancer history in adult women: findings from NHANES 2011-2020.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Diet Modulates the Gut Microbiome, Metabolism, and Mammary Gland Inflammation to Influence Breast Cancer Risk.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Pork Meat Composition and Health: A Review of the Evidence.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Stage Shifting by Modifying the Determinants of Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: A Simulation Study.Cancers · 2024Article
- Benzo[a]pyrene exposure prevents high fat diet-induced obesity in the 4T1 model of mammary carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Determinants of breast cancer among women attending oncology units in selected health facilities of Hawassa City, Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia, 2023: case-control study.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Association between Gut Microbiota and Breast Cancer: Diet as a Potential Modulating Factor.Nutrients · 2023Article
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15 authors at 13 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
High-fat diets have been identified as a major cause of obesity and a potential risk factor for breast cancer. Fat tissue, also known as adipose tissue, produces an excess of estrogen, which has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. Determining the impact of HFDs in the development and progression of breast cancer is essential, as it will enable us to identify the role of dietary modification in preventing and managing the disease. The impact of a high-fat diet (HFD) on the development of breast cancer in humans has yet to be fully explained, as very few human studies are available to effectively analyze the effect fatty food has on breast cancer development. This meta-analysis, therefore, seeks to determine the strength of association, if any, between HFD and an increased risk of breast cancer development. This research will help inform good eating habits, potentially reducing the disease's incidence and outcome. This meta-analysis examined eight (8) papers from various nations examining the effect of a high-fat diet as a risk factor for breast cancer development between 2010 and 2020. The study employed the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio (H.R.), odds ratio (OR), or relative risk (R.R.) from the studies. Breast cancer cases were histologically and radiologically confirmed in the studies evaluated, and validated food frequency questionnaires were used to assess their dietary patterns. This metanalysis study found a substantial link between a high-fat diet and an increased risk of breast cancer, with statistically significant results (I
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