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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Obesity is considered a risk factor for lymphedema of the arm resulting from breast cancer treatment (BCRL) as well as a poor prognostic factor in response to lymphedema treatment. The aim of the study was to compare the effect of 2 dietary interventions on excess arm volume in BCRL. ## METHODS. A total of 64 women with BCRL were randomized to 1 of 3 groups for 24 weeks: 1) weight reduction through reduced energy intake; 2) low‐fat diet with no change in energy intake (isoenergetic); 3) control group with no dietary change from habitual intake. ## RESULTS. The primary outcome measure was arm volume at 24 weeks. Results showed significant reductions in body weight (__P__ = .006), body mass index (__P__ = .008), and skinfold thickness measured at 4 sites (__P__ = .044) in the weight‐reduction and low‐fat groups compared with controls. A slightly greater, but not significant (__P__ = .605), fall in excess arm volume occurred in the dietary groups but a significant correlation between weight loss (irrespective of group) and a reduction in excess arm volume (__r__: 0.423; __P__ = .002) was demonstrated. ## CONCLUSIONS. Weight loss, whether through reduced ener

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Author

Clare Shaw; Peter Mortimer; Patricia A. Judd

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0008-543X)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)