Worst Science Article of the Week: Drinking Coffee Shrinks Your Breasts?

A new study links coffee intake and breast size, but take a closer look before throwing out your coffee maker.

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By Nina Bai
Oct 28, 2008 3:52 AMJul 11, 2023 6:18 PM

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Female coffee drinkers beware: that Pumpkin Spice Latte might shrink your breasts. Or so you would think, if you scanned the headlines last week.

A new study in the British Journal of Cancer has incited mass hysteria over a tenuous link between coffee intake and breast size. The Telegraph warns: “Drinking Too Much Coffee Could Shrink Women’s Breasts,” while UPI throws in a pun: “Study: Cups of Java Cut Cup Size.”But the best comes from the New York Post: “Women Face Drink & Shrink Dilemma, Coffee Poses a Booby Trap.”

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