High Calorie Intake Tied to Prostate Cancer
 (NY, Reuters Health, 3/6/03)

Lillian J. Hsieh of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, and associates, studied 444 men. Forty-six of the participants had been previously diagnosed with prostate cancer and 22 developed the disease during the course of the study. The researchers found that the men with the highest calorie intake (about 2,600 calories daily) had nearly 4 times the risk of developing prostate cancer as those reporting the lowest calorie intake. The investigators speculate that high calorie intake may increase the levels of certain hormones that support the growth of malignancies.