{
  "id": 1921330,
  "title": "Babies Born Under Sugar Rationing Grew Into Adults With Lower Cancer Risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/babies-born-under-sugar-rationing-grew-into-adults-with-lower-cancer",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/0534224/babies-born-under-sugar-rationing-grew-into-adults-with-lower-cancer-risk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A study of over 64,000 British individuals born in the late 1950s, just after sugar rationing ended, found that those exposed to less sugar during their first 1,000 days of life had lower rates of several cancers decades later. The research, published in The Conversation, revealed that these individuals had roughly 69% lower risk of liver cancer and 36% lower risk of breast cancer compared to those who experienced higher sugar intake during early development. Additionally, the study showed that the early-life sugar exposure continued to influence the participants' dietary habits 50 years later, with those who had limited sugar exposure consuming less sugar and having healthier, more diverse diets in adulthood.",
  "summary": "A study of more than 64,000 people born around the end of Britain's postwar sugar rationing found that those exposed to less sugar during their first 1,000 days had lower rates of five cancers decades later, including roughly 69% lower liver cancer risk and 36% lower breast cancer risk. They also \"showed signs of slower biological aging\" and \"continued to consume less sugar and had healthier…",
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  "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."
}