Nutrition and breast cancer. Presented by Dr Michelle Harvie, PhD, Research Dietitian, UK
Dr Michelle Harvie is a research dietitian from the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester. Her research and passion involve the investigation of optimal diet and exercise strategies to prevent breast cancer and its recurrence.
Michelle has written more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and was awarded the British Dietetic Association Rose Simmonds Award in 2005 for her paper on weight gain among breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. She received the National Association for the Study of Obesity National Best Practice Award in 2010 for her work on intermittent energy restricted diets. She is principal investigator for the B-AHEAD-2 trial and B-AHEAD 3 trials testing intermittent diets among early and advanced breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
By analysing the data available from published studies, Michelle explained in her presentation the links between survival after breast cancer with regard to:
Body weight
Physical activity
Fruit and vegetables
Soy
Dairy
Dietary fat
Vitamin supplements
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