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Could childhood sugar intake raise the risk of adult anxiety?

Exposure to sugar in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, from conception to around the age of two and a half, increases the risk of developing anxiety in adulthood, according to a new study.

  • Childhood sugar intake may raise adult anxiety risk
  • UK study of 45,000 individuals born 1951-1956
  • Early sugar restriction linked to 33% lower anxiety risk

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