Lifetime adult weight gain, central adiposity, and the risk of pre‐ and postmenopausal breast cancer in the Western New York exposures and breast cancer study

While there are quite consistent data regarding associations of body weight and postmenopausal breast cancer, there are now accumulating data that would indicate that weight gain in adult life is more predictive of risk than absolute body weight. There is, however, little known about the relative impact of timing of weight gain in adult life as well as other characteristics of the weight and breast cancer association that might provide insight …