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Marta Iraola Iribarren

Could childhood sugar intake raise the risk of adult anxiety?

Sugar exposure in the first 1,000 days of life, from conception to around the age of two and a half, may leave a lasting mark on mental health, increasing the chances of anxiety years later, according to a new study.

Sugar rationing during early childhood was associated with differences in sweet food preferences, psychiatric and mental-health outcomes and structural differences in the brain.

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