"A diet high in carbohydrates may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer in sedentary and overweight women, some new US research suggests"

"Led by Dr Dominique Michaud of the US National Cancer Institute, and Charles Fuchs of the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, the researchers set out to determine if foods that raise glucose levels after eating were linked to the development of pancreatic cancer"

"The associations of glycaemic load and fructose intakes with risk of pancreatic cancer were most apparent among women with raised body mass index ("25). Women who were overweight and sedentary and had a high glycaemic load and high fructose intake were at greater risk of pancreatic cancer."