{"id":661235,"date":"2026-08-28T16:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/661235\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:23:45","slug":"i-worried-my-children-eat-too-much-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/661235\/","title":{"rendered":"I worried my children eat too much sugar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSugar in childhood linked with dementia<\/a> in older age\u201d screamed the headline. My children were eating<\/a> ice cream at the time. It felt like a warning.<\/p>\n

The headline was referring to a study comparing young children<\/a> from conception until the age of two, born during rationing in England and those born just after it had stopped. When sugar rationing ended in England in September 1953, sugar<\/a> intake rose from an average 41g a day up to 80g, almost overnight. Now researchers have found that those who were babies and toddlers during rationing had a 23 per cent lower chance of developing dementia.<\/p>\n

While the message about sugar is valid, the study itself is inherently flawed, says Dr Federica Amati, author and chief nutritionist for health platform Zoe. \u201cNobody had their sugar intake measured. The comparison isn\u2019t about diet; it\u2019s about date of birth relative to a government policy. And this particular birth cohort is only in its early seventies now so the dementia cases captured so far are unusually young ones,\u201d she explains. \u201cDementia isn\u2019t one disease with one cause and changes in the brain start 20 to 30 years before anyone notices symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s just one of a raft of studies pointing to a link between high sugar diets in childhood and health problems \u2013 from dental problems to obesity. Amati agrees that reducing sugar is important for children\u2019s health. \u201cIt rests on teeth, on the taste preferences that get laid down in the first few years and on metabolic health. Those show up now, not in 2090.\u201d <\/p>\n

So what are the biggest mistakes parents make, and how can I discreetly lower sugar in my own kids\u2019 diets? <\/p>\n

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GAMING NEWS<\/p>\n

Rockstar releases GTA VI preview<\/p>\n

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Gaming fans have been given a fresh look at the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI, with 26 minutes of new footage released by the franchise\u2019s producer, Rockstar Games.<\/p>\n

\n\u2018Extended look\u2019 now live\n<\/p>\n