Claims extracted
12
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
25%
3 of 12 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
And now, one more can be added to the list: anxiety.
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one → add → list
Based on previous work linking sugary foods and mental health issues, researchers from the University of Surrey wanted to explore how dietary behavior influenced a person’s mental health into adulthood.
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behavior → base → adulthood
“We were specifically interested in understanding if having sugar in early life could contribute to incidences of mental health issues such as depression and anxiety later in life,” lead study author Dr Hana Navratilova said in a press release.
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Navratilova → understand → release
Analyzing medical data of over 45,000 UK Biobank participants, they found that exposure to sugar in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life increases the risk of developing anxiety in adulthood.
They also found that sugar intake in early life significantly impacted brain development in 11 out of the 80 regions of the brain.
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intake → analyze → brain
Participants were divided into groups of those who experienced sugar rationing in utero, as well as up to six, 12, 18 and 24 months of age, and those who underwent rationing in utero only.
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who → divide → utero
The risk of developing anxiety was lowest in those who were not significantly exposed to sugar in utero and during the first two years of life.
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who → develop → life
Women who were not limited in how much sugar they were exposed to at a young age were also more likely to develop anxiety.
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they → limit → anxiety
And sugar exposure could influence diet in the long run, as those who were not exposed to sugar for the longest time (in utero and up to 24 months of age) reported a lower preference for sweet food as adults.
“Despite increased sugar consumption after rationing amongst participants, early nutritional environments appear to have lasting relevance for mental health,” study author Professor Nophar Geifman said in a press release.
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Geifman → influence → release
One of the influencing factors of the data was the fact that the participants were born between 1951 and 1956, when post-war sugar rationing was still fully in place and through to when it was phased out.
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it → influence → place
This time period was unique in that “so many people did not have excess sugar in their diets and then had it slowly phased in over a prolonged period of time,” according to Geifman.
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it → have → Geifman
However, many are eating much more, consuming about 68 to 81 grams, thanks to ultra-processed foods like cookies, ice cream, sweetened drinks and more.
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many → eat → cookies
Previous research has also found a strong link between unhealthy food and increased risk of depression, with artificial sweeteners and artificially sweetened beverages having the most impact on the chances of mental health issues.
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sweeteners → find → issues
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