title: Early life diet and the risk for adult breast cancer.
abstract: A hypothesis postulating intrauterine and early life influences on the occurrence of breast cancer in adult life has received considerable support in the literature. We present alternative or complementary ways through which diet could affect breast cancer risk in this context. Emphasis is placed on evidence that reduced energy intake in early life is associated with smaller body size, which, in turn, constrains birth weight and subsequent development of offspring and is associated with reduced breast cancer risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Pagona
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lagiou
authors.forename: Hans-Olov
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Adami
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trichopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors