Majority of US Women Say Their Health Care Providers Have Not Informed Them of Diet's Role in Breast Cancer Prevention

Majority of US women say their health care providers have not informed them of diet's role in breast cancer prevention

Up slightly from 16% last year, only 19% of women say a health care provider has discussed with them nutrition's role in breast cancer risk in a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey. However, fewer of those same women specifically mention diet this year when asked what steps they're aware of that women can take to lower their chances of developing breast cancer.

New Survey Reveals Most U.S. Women Are Uninformed by Healthcare Providers

In a recent nationwide survey conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in collaboration with Morning Consult, striking insights have emerged regarding American women’s awareness of nutrition’s role in breast cancer prevention. The study, which polled 2,022 women across the United States, reveals a concerning knowledge gap about how dietary choices influence the risk of developing breast cancer, a disease that continues to p…

New Survey: Majority of U.S. Women Say Their Health Care Providers Have Not Informed Them of Diet’s Role in Prevention of Breast Cancer

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