From: healthline.com Though breast cancer treatment can alter how your body looks and change your relationship with your body, there are ways to cope. A support group or therapist may be able to provide more guidance. Breast cancer can change your body. And as you start treatment, your relationship with your body may get more complicated. But know that there …
How to deal with weight gain after a breast cancer diagnosis
By: Sandy Cohen From: uclahealth.org About 60% of people with breast cancer gain weight within the first year after their diagnosis. This isn’t some kind of personal failing, says Emma Veilleux, RDN, senior dietitian for the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology. Metabolic changes, side effects of hormone therapy treatment and other factors are to blame, she says. Veilleux recently hosted …