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Evening Standard
Nilima Marshall

Sugar restrictions in early life ‘may lower chronic disease risk in adulthood’

The study was published in the journal Science (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

Limiting exposure to sugar in the first 1,000 days of life may lower the risk of developing chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure in adulthood, scientists have said.

Researchers said this period in early human life – from the moment the baby is conceived right up to the age of two – is a critical window where poor diet can negatively impact health many years later.

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