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4 Total Caloric Intake
Pages 66-72

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From page 66...
... Thus, the contributions of fat, fiber, and carbohydrate cannot be readily measured independently. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE There are few epidemiological data relating total caloric intake to cancer risk, partly because most dietary studies have been based on preselected food lists, which do not permit the quantification of total dietary intake.
From page 67...
... Independent associations of breast cancer with body weight and height were found by de Waard and Baanders-van Halewijn (1974) in a cohort study of postmenopausal women in the Netherlands.
From page 68...
... . Among mice ingesting 11.7 calories daily, those receiving 18% of the calories from fat developed 70% more spontaneous mammary tumors than those whose diets contained only 2% (approximately 4% of calories)
From page 69...
... Experimental Evidence Studies in animals to examine the effect of caloric intake on carcinogenesis have been few and are difficult to interpret. In these experiments, animals on restricted diets developed fewer tumors and their lifespan far exceeded that of animals fed ad libitum, thereby indicating a decrease in the age-specific incidence of tumors.
From page 70...
... 7@ DIET' NUTRITION' AND CANCER on the risk of cancer. Nonetbeless, the studies conducted in animals show that a reduction in total food intake decreases the age-specific incidence of cancer" The evidence for humans is less clear.
From page 71...
... Cancer Res.
From page 72...
... Cancer Res.


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