Dietary Fat and Chronic Diseases: Epidemiologic Overview

摘要: Abstract The association between dietary fat consumption and risk of cancer, especially colon, breast, prostate, ovary has been debated for many years. Ecologic studies over the past 30 years have demonstrated correlation greater intake with higher mortality due to various cancers. Migrant also shown that increased may be associated cancer. Specific saturated fatty acids raise blood cholesterol levels and, thereby, increase atherosclerosis. Greater is a major cause obesity hypertension, diabetes, gallbladder disease. Higher heighten breast cancer directly through estrogen and/or secondarily obesity. critical experimental determine effects low-fat diet on disease not completed, but reducing in US potential decrease morbidity substantially. J Am Diet Assoc. 1997;97(suppl):S9-S15