"This study highlights an easy way to monitor your weight gain over time. Women are more likely to remember their skirt size when they were younger than their BMI."
Limitations
The researchers said the study had some limitations - it relied on women being able to accurately recall their skirt size in their 20s.
But if the findings are confirmed, it could give women a simple and easy-to-understand message about the risks of obesity.
Tom Stansfeld of Cancer Research UK said the study could be unreliable as dress sizes had changed over the years and it relied on a woman being able to remember her skirt size several decades earlier.
"Evidence tells us the most important things you can do to reduce breast cancer risk, especially after the menopause, is to keep a healthy weight, be physically active as often as you can, and cut down on alcohol," he said.
"Keeping a healthy weight is important to help reduce breast cancer risk after the menopause, and looking at skirt sizes to help women understand this is interesting, but knowing if you're overweight is more important."
伦敦大学学院的研究人员表示,女性过了25岁之后,每过10年裙子如果增加一个尺码并伴有绝经现象,那么患上乳腺癌的风险就会增加33%。
从25岁起注意观察自己的裙子尺寸,是判断体重是否增加的一个简便方法,研究人员向《英国医学杂志:开放版》(BMJ Open)透露。
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