Sugar in the first 1,000 days after conception linked to health issues later in life, study says [Video]

The holiday season is nearly upon us and it’s easy for a child’s sweet tooth to go wild. However, new research shows that it may be beneficial to cut back on how much sugar young children consume.Related video above: Non-sugar sweeteners linked with negative health issuesA study published Friday in the journal Science found that reducing sugar in the first 1,000 days after conception – through gestation up to age 2 – may cut a child’s risk of chronic illnesses in adulthood.The researchers found that reducing sugar consumption in this window decreased the type 2 diabetes risk by about 35% and the risk of high blood pressure by roughly 20%. They also found a delay in disease onset of four and two years, respectively.The research team looked at data from before and after the end of the United Kingdom’s World War II-era sugar rationing in September 1953.In January 1940, the …