Potential of cancer risk is identified

WOMEN who put on weight and have a baby later in life may be significantly more likely to develop breast cancer, UK research suggests.

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Experts discovered that a big weight gain after the age of 20, plus having a first child after 30 or not having children at all, meant women were almost three times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who gave birth earlier and whose weight remained stable.

The research, which has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, was presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Malaga.