It was told by researchers at the breast cancer conference that if the women in the western countries consumed less food and exercised more breast cancer could be avoided.

Though breast cancer is common in women, the chance of women getting breast cancer is one in eight. It has been seen that the women who are obese have 60% more chances of getting breast cancer than other normal weight women.

The reason for breast cancer is estrogen, hormone produced in the fat tissue. It was assumed by the experts that the women who were fat produced more estrogen and therefore had more chances of getting breast cancer. The women who were slim could exercise and covert their fat into muscles.

It was seen that around 13% of women in U. S. had chances of getting breast cancer and around one third of them could avoid this buy following a healthy lifestyle.

Last year in the research done by the American Institute of Cancer Research, 40% of breast cancer cases were seen in U. S. It was also noticed that every year around 70,000 cases of this disease were seen.

The disease could also be detected at its early stages with the help of thermography. After the diagnosis the person could take suitable treatment steps.