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Popular Childhood Drinks Linked to Higher Blood Pressure Later in Life
https://scitechdaily.com/popular-childhood-drinks-linked-to-higher-blood-pressure-later-in-life/By American Heart Association
Not all sources of dietary sugar appear to affect cardiovascular health in the same way, and one common drink may be less harmless than many assume.
Oh, well. I'll blame my love of Hawaiian Punch for my current predicament.
A child's everyday drink choices may leave a cardiovascular imprint that lasts for decades.
A long-term study of more than 25,000 people found that frequent consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice from childhood into adulthood was associated with a higher risk of developing high blood pressure. Whole fruit, however, was not linked to the same increase in risk.
The findings, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, suggest that the source and form of dietary sugar may matter more than fructose intake alone.
"Dietary habits in early life can have lasting health consequences," said senior study author Vasanti Malik, Sc.D., M.Sc., an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention in the department of nutritional sciences at Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and an adjunct faculty member in the department of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
"High blood pressure is also emerging earlier in life, with growing rates being seen in younger adults, in children and adolescents, which highlights the importance of early detection and prevention," she said.
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A long-term study of more than 25,000 people found that frequent consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice from childhood into adulthood was associated with a higher risk of developing high blood pressure. Whole fruit, however, was not linked to the same increase in risk.
The findings, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, suggest that the source and form of dietary sugar may matter more than fructose intake alone.
"Dietary habits in early life can have lasting health consequences," said senior study author Vasanti Malik, Sc.D., M.Sc., an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention in the department of nutritional sciences at Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and an adjunct faculty member in the department of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
"High blood pressure is also emerging earlier in life, with growing rates being seen in younger adults, in children and adolescents, which highlights the importance of early detection and prevention," she said.
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