Dietary Fiber and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Nested Case-Control Study Using Food Diaries

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Authors

Christina C. Dahm · MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing

Ruth H. Keogh · University of Oxford

Elizabeth Spencer · University of Oxford

Darren C. Greenwood · MRC Human Nutrition Research

Timothy J. Key · University of Oxford

Ian S. Fentiman · MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing

M Shipley

Abstract

Intake of dietary fiber is inversely associated with colorectal cancer risk. Methodological differences (ie, study design, dietary assessment instruments, definition of fiber) may account for the lack of convincing evidence for the inverse association between fiber intake and colorectal cancer risk in some previous studies.

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Nutritional Studies and Diet Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 102, Issue 9, pp. 614-626

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq092

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Dietary Fiber and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Nested Case-Control Study Using Food Diaries

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