BMJ 1998;317:1331-1332 ( 14 November )

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Height, early energy intake, and cancer

Evidence mounts for the relation of energy intake to adult malignancies

Papers pp   1350 , 1351  

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Study of the relation between human body size and cancer risk has its origins in both human observational studies and animal experiments. In his late 19th century treatise Air, Food, and Exercises based on observations in England and continental Europe Rabagliatti concluded, "Overfeeding is the predisposing cause of cancer."1 Since then the restriction of total energy intake has been shown over decades of research to be one of the most powerful nutritional interventions capable of lowering cancer rates in laboratory animals---and the only factor known actually to increase lifespan in these same systems. 2 3 Such rodent experiments resulted in lighter, leaner animals---that is, with decreased body weight and adiposity---and in many instances, depending on the timing of the energy restriction, stunted growth and shortened overall animal length. Although lifelong dietary restriction has had the greatest impact, reduced food consumption early during development also effectively inhibits tumorigenesis.3 Human data . . . [Full text of this article]
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