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Health · 30 July 2026
A new study suggests that limiting sugar intake for children up to two years old could lower their risk of developing dementia later in life by 23%. Researchers from China looked at nearly 65,000 people in the UK Biobank project. They compared those who grew up during sugar rationing with those who did not.
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