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Weight at diagnosis was collected from medical records, and current body mass was measured using a digital scale (time since diagnosis was 4.0 \u00b1 1.9 years). Moreover, we measured current physical activity using an accelerometer and dietary intake using a validated questionnaire. The primary analysis was a t-test for the body-mass change after diagnosis between the two groups. Results: We recruited 300 patients and collected data from 292. Mean weight gain after diagnosis was 1.3 \u00b1 3.9 kg, and the change in body mass of patients taking endocrine therapy (1.3 \u00b1 4.0 kg) was not significantly different from that of patients not taking endocrine therapy (1.4 \u00b1 3.8 kg, p = 0.92). There was no association of endocrine therapy, physical activity, and dietary intake with a 5% weight gain after adjusting confounding factors (e.g., breast cancer stage and chemotherapy). 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