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Being overweight can raise a postmenopausal woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to a new study, which finds a link between a higher risk for the disease and a high body mass index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight.
The study, which analyzed data on nearly 30,000 (predominantly white) women involved in the Cancer Prevention Study II, appears in the April 2014 issue of Cancer Causes and Control.
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