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To the Editor: The article by Hunter et al. (Feb. 8 issue)¹ wrongly implies that lowering the total intake of fat in midlife does not reduce the risk of breast cancer.

They reanalyze seven prospective studies in which the dietary fat intake was not low enough to show an impact on breast cancer according to current data. Their reference value for fat intake was 30 to 35 percent of calories rather than less than 20 percent, which is supported as the level necessary for the prevention of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. The single dietary assessment at base line used . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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