Women diagnosed with breast cancer have been shown to be particularly interested in
adopting lifestyle recommendations to improve their health, and most report making
dietary changes after treatment. Reporting results from the 2-year follow-up phase
of the Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle study, Wayne and colleagues (
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) present data to quantify the changes in dietary patterns among 260 women newly diagnosed
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This article was written by Sally Mackey, MS, RD, lead nutritionist, Women’s Health Initiative, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA., USA
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© 2004 American Dietetic Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
