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cancer is that the risk may vary by race and
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ethnicity as well as the stage of life a woman is in when she gains weight and becomes obese. When the ovaries stop producing hormones
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after menopause, the greatest source of estrogen in women is fat tissue. And because more fat tissue is found in obese women, their estrogen levels are higher, which can lead to breast tumors (that respond to estrogen) growing at a faster rate.
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What is OBESITY?
Obesity is a condition in which a person has an abnormally high proportion of body fat. To determine whether or not someone is obese, a scale known as the body mass index, or BMI, is typically used.