Energy Restriction in Childhood and Adolescence and Risk of Prostate Cancer: Results from the Netherlands Cohort Study

This study investigated the association between prostate cancer risk and energy restriction during childhood. The authors examined the hypothesis among 58,279 men aged 55–69 years enrolled in the Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer. Information on diet and risk factors was collected by questionnaire in 1986. Additional information was collected on residence during the Dutch Hunger Winter (1944–1945) and the World War II years (1940–1944) and father's employment status during the economic depression of 1932–1940, used as indicators of exposure. A case-cohort approach was used. After 7.3... Mehr ...