Twenty years ago, I met a couple with a young son who decided not to let the kid have sugar. I wonder how that might have worked out for the kid now that he’s grown.

I assume the kid hit 18 and went on a sugar binge as soon as he tasted it the first time.

Anyone have experience with this?

  • zabadoh@ani.social
    48·
    5 days ago

    I’m thinking there must be a study somewhere.

    And indeed there is, where they studied people who were born just before and after the end of WW2 sugar rationing in the UK:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39480913/

    Those people are into their 70s and 80s now, so the long term health outcomes are well documented:

    …we found that early-life rationing reduced type 2 diabetes and hypertension risk by about 35 and 20% and delayed disease onset by 4 and 2 years, respectively. Protection was evident with in utero exposure and increased with postnatal sugar restriction, especially after 6 months, when eating of solid foods likely began. In utero sugar rationing alone accounted for about one-third of the risk reduction.

    • solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      101·
      5 days ago

      Thank you. I know I shouldn’t be surprised this doesn’t have more than 10% of the upvotes for anecdotal “I didn’t get sugar when I was a kid, so my adult onset diabetes and obesity is clearly my parents fault.” But, I’m a little disappointed.

    • Caveman@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      Hats of to you for finding the study, and hats off to the one that conducted it. These are some pretty big numbers for a short period of not feeding them sugar.