Exposure to sugar rationing in first 1000 days after conception and long term cardiovascular outcomes: natural experiment study
Exposure to sugar rationing during the first 1000 days of life was associated with lower cardiovascular risks in adulthood and slightly more favourable cardiac indices, suggesting long term cardiovascular benefits of early life sugar restriction.
Authors
- Zhou Zhen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0839-8802)
- Haisheng Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4011-0704)
- Jiazhen Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0163-9175)
- Junchun Shen
- Jinghan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0628-6022)
- Qiang Tu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-3347)
- Wenbo Huang
- Peng Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-0957)
- Gregory Y. H. Lip
- Quan Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-7578)
- Chuang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1405-0960)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Department of Health (CN)
- Medical University of Białystok (PL)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (GB)
- Bioscience (China) (CN)
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital (CN)
- University of Tokyo Health Sciences (JP)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- Monash University (AU)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Aalborg University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-083890
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 17.47