Relationship between sugar rationing and chronic diseases

Investigators have uncovered the impact of limiting sugar exposure in first 1,000 days of children’s lives on the development of diabetes and hypertension.

In a study published in Science, the investigators used data from the end of the United Kingdom’s sugar rationing in September 1953 — in which sugar intake was restricted to levels within those currently recommended by dietary guidelines — to examine the effects of the practice in the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension.

The investigators found that limiting sugar consumption led to declines in the risk of diabetes and hypertension.

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