{
  "id": 16185974,
  "title": "Sugar restriction in early life is linked to lower dementia risk and slightly slower brain aging decades later",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/sugar-restriction-in-early-life-is-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-and",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T12:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/sugar-restriction-in-early-life-is-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-and-slightly-slower-brain-aging-decades-later/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A natural experiment created by Britain’s postwar sugar rationing suggests that less sugar in the first years of life may be linked to lower risks of dementia, depression, and anxiety, along with slightly younger-looking brains.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}