Dietary fats and cancer
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Lipidology
- Vol. 12 (1) , 5-10
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00041433-200102000-00002
Abstract
The present review addresses the evidence for a possible link between dietary fat and cancer. International comparisons suggest that a high-fat diet may increase cancer risk, and this hypothesis is supported by animal experiments. However, epidemiological studies within populations show little or inconsistent associations. Taken together, the available evidence for a relation between dietary fat and cancer is weak.Keywords
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