Breast Cancer

CORI calls for increased awareness of link between obesity, breast cancer

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 1st, 2004

Statistics from the American Obesity Association show that obese women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of healthy weight and that after menopause these women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.

This information merits increased education and action, say the nutritionists, surgeons, and professionals at the Centers for Obesity Related Illness (CORI).

"There is mounting evidence and solid documentation from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other reliable sources that obesity is a disease that is related to elevated risk of breast cancer," said James A. Sapala, MD, physician founder of CORI and chief of...

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