The sugar you ate as a baby may be affecting your health now, study finds

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(NewsNation) — A new study has revealed that the amount of sugar consumed during the first two years of life can have lifelong effects.

The study, published in PNAS in early August, focused on a group of 64,761 people born in Britain between 1951 and 1956. At the time, sugar and other common foods were rationed to prevent food shortages following World War II.

Using data from the UK Biobank study, researchers compared health outcomes among adults who spent their first 1,000 days under sugar restrictions with those of people born after the restrictions were lifted.

The first 1,000 days refers to the period from conception until a child’s second birthday. While relatively brief, it........

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