Too many sugary drinks tied to asthma risk
by Claudia Boyd-Barrett posted in Pregnancy
Cutting back on sugary drinks during pregnancy could help reduce your child's risk of asthma, a new study suggests.
Researchers from Harvard Medical School studied more than 1,000 pregnant women, asking them how much soda, fruit juice and other sugary beverages they drank. Later, they followed up with the women's children at ages 3 and 7. They inquired about the children's drink consumption, and whether they'd been diagnosed with asthma.
Almost 1 in 5 kids had asthma by age 7.
Children whose moms drank the most sugar during pregnancy ? approximately 1 can of soda or 2 glasses of fruit juice per day ? were 60 percent more likely to develop asthma than kids born to moms who drank the least amount of sugar while pregnant. Moms in the low sugar consumption group drank an average of 21 grams a day of sugar (about half a can of soda). The sugary beverages included sodas, punch, fruit juice, hot chocolate, and drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup.
Additionally, the study found that kids who drank a lot of fruit juice as toddlers had an increased risk of asthma compared with children who consumed little to no fruit juice. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends not giving fruit juice to children under 1 year old, and limiting fruit juice to between ½ and 1 cup a day for older children.
The study is observational, and doesn't prove that sugar consumption causes asthma.
Nevertheless, limiting sugar intake during ...
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