Low-fat diet won't lower some health risks

The scientists were very disappointed when announcing on Tuesday, that putting elder women on a low-fat diet did not decrease their risk of breast or colon cancer or heart disease, as they had hoped before.

However, they noted that the results should not be understood as a license to "rush out to the nearest fast-food store and stuff your face," as one the investigators put it.

"There’s a stay-tuned message here," said Dr. Henry Black, one of the study’s researchers.

The research was federally funded. It involved almost 50,000 women aged 50-79 and was part of the Women’s Health Initiative. The participants were recruited in the 1990s and followed for an average of 8 View the rest of this article