The Obesity Paradox: Childhood Body Size & Breast Cancer Risk

Update: 2025-03-31

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Dr. Dorthe Pedersen unpacks the paradoxical relationship between childhood body size, breast density, and postmenopausal breast cancer risk among a large cohort of Danish women. Her article, “Associations of early life body size and pubertal timing with breast density and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: A mediation analysis,” can be found in the February 2025 (Vol. 102) issue of Annals of Epidemiology.

Read the full article here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1047279725000109

Episode Credits:

Executive Producer: Sabrina Debas
Technical Producer: Paula Burrows
Annals of Epidemiology is published by Elsevier.

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The Obesity Paradox: Childhood Body Size & Breast Cancer Risk

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The Obesity Paradox: Childhood Body Size & Breast Cancer Risk

Annals of Epidemiology

The Obesity Paradox: Childhood Body Size & Breast Cancer Risk