Abstract
<h3>To the Editor.</h3> —The estimates by Browner et al<sup>1</sup>of the consequences of eating less fat may be subject to understatement as well as the type of overstatement the authors recognize. The fat-cancer relationship could extend to other cancers, in addition to colon, breast, and prostate cancers. Wynder et al,<sup>2</sup>although they reserved the "major" role for tobacco, have suggested a possible relationship between dietary fat and lung cancer in an international study. Our data, based on the 42 countries that Wynder et al<sup>2</sup>used, support a more inclusive relationship between fat and cancer (Table). Implications for females, with breast cancer replacing prostate cancer, are similar to those of the male data in the Table. After the 42 countries were ranked by total fats, data for countries with the lowest (Thailand) and highest (Denmark) fat calories per capita were listed at the bottom of the Table, along
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