Childhood energy intake and cancer mortality in adulthood

A retrospective mortality follow-up of a British survey of family diet and health (1937-1939) identified significant associations between childhood en ergy intake and mortality from cancer, particularly those cancers not thoug ht to be associated with smoking. This is the first large-scale epidemiolog ic study to suggest that the observed reduction in tumor incidence in energ y-restricted rodents has relevance for humans.