Increase In Skirt Size Every Decade May Be Linked To Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer.

reports that research published in BMJ Open suggests that “women who go up a skirt size every decade between their 20s and their 60s may be at increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.” Investigators “found that an increase of one size every 10 years led to a 33 percent rise in the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, while an increase of two sizes per decade led to a 77 percent rise in risk.”

Needing a bigger skirt size reflects an increase in abdominal fat, Menon said. The exact mechanism between increased abdominal fat and higher breast cancer risk needs more study, Menon said. But it is known that obesity increases the amount of estrogen in the body, which many breast cancers need to grow. "Previous studies suggest that body fat around the waist is metabolically more active than fat tissue elsewhere in the body," she said.

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