Objective: To determine the level of adherence and to assess the association between higher adherence to the South African food based dietary guidelines (SAFBDG) and breast cancer risk.

Design: Population-based, case-control study (the South African Breast Cancer study) matched on age and demographic settings. Validated questionnaires were used to collect dietary and epidemiological data. To assess adherence to the SAFBDG, a nine-point adherence score (out of eleven guidelines) was developed, using suggested adherence cut-points for scoring each recommendation (0 and 1). When the association between higher adherence to the SAFBDG and breast cancer risk was assessed, data-driven tertiles among controls were used as cut-points for scoring each recommendation (0, 0·5 and 1). OR and 95 % CI were estimated using multivariate logistic regression models.

Setting: Soweto, South Africa.

Participants: Black urban women, 396 breast cancer cases and 396 controls.

Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, higher adherence (>5·0) to the SAFBDG v. lower adherence (<3·5) was statistically significantly inversely associated with breast cancer risk overall (OR = 0·56, 95 % CI 0·38, 0·85), among postmenopausal women (OR = 0·64, 95 % CI 0·40, 0·97) as well as for oestrogen-positive breast cancers (OR = 0·51, 95 % CI 0·32, 0·89). Only 32·3 % of cases and 39·1 % of controls adhered to at least half (a score >4·5) of the SAFBDG.

Conclusions: Higher adherence to the SAFBDG may reduce breast cancer risk in this population. The concerning low levels of adherence to the SAFBDG emphasise the need for education campaigns and to create healthy food environments in South Africa to increase adherence to the SAFBDG.

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