The Big Issue with Breast Cancer: How Your Weight Affects Your Risk
The more excess weight you carry, the greater your chances of getting the disease. Here, the slim-down strategies that could save your life.
By Richard Laliberte

Weight Gain and Breast Cancer
Sometimes Tina Mitsis, 28, feels like a walking time bomb. “Both my mother and grandmother have or have had breast cancer,” says Tina, a lawyer in New York City. But rather than live in fear, she’s taking action to outsmart the disease. “I’m fit, I’m at a healthy weight, and I intend to stay that way,” she says. Tina does cardio workouts at the gym two to three times a week, she walks 40 minutes a day, and she eats plenty of fruits and vegetables. So far, so good: For the past two years her quarterly breast exams have been clean.
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