Higher BMI is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer before the menopause

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Written by Zoey Richards

Having a higher body mass index (BMI) at a younger age is associated with a decreased risk of developing breast cancer before the menopause, major new research funded by Breast Cancer Now and other collaborators has found.

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