{"id":17485,"date":"2008-02-18T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/chinese-breast-cancer-rates-rising-at-home-and-abroad\/"},"modified":"2008-02-19T01:03:54","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T08:03:54","slug":"chinese-breast-cancer-rates-rising-at-home-and-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/chinese-breast-cancer-rates-rising-at-home-and-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Breast Cancer Rates Rising at Home and Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ten years after moving to the United States, Chinese women face breast cancer rates 80 percent higher than those of more recent immigrants, prompting concerns that Western eating habits may be driving rates in Beijing and Shanghai<\/a> as well, according to a report from Sing Tao Daily<\/a>. Rong Xiaoqing with New America Media<\/a> translates:<\/p>\n Many studies have been done to examine the association between the disparities in breast cancer rates and the change on the dietary habits. A new study released in this summer by the Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center<\/a> shows western style diet largely increases breast cancer risk for post-menopausal Chinese women.<\/p>\n The study examined the dietary habits of 1,602 women who were diagnosed for breast cancer between August 1996 to March 1998 and 1500 healthy women. All women live in Shanghai, China and their ages range from 25 to 64. After adjusting other possible factors such as the women\u2019s child bearing status, the study found post-menopausal women following a \u201cmeat and sweet\u201d based western style diet are 60% more likely to get breast cancer than same age women who follow a \u201csoy and vegetable\u201d based traditional Chinese diet.<\/p>\n The study, although conducted in China, may have broader effects. \u201cIt is definitely applicable to Chinese women in the U.S. because it\u2019s even harder for them to avoid western style diet,\u201d said Marilyn Tseng, one of the researchers of the study.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n