Granddaughters of women who eat high-fat diets while they are pregnant may be at greater risk for breast cancer, according to an animal study from Georgetown University.
- Dr. Sonia de Assis gave one group of pregnant rats a high-fat diet while a control group were fed a normal one.
- If both maternal and paternal grandmothers ate the high fat diet, their granddaughters had a 30% greater chance of breast cancer.
- If only one grandmother did, their risk was 20% greater than normal.
This study was presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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