Sugary Drinks From Childhood May Quietly Raise Blood…

Sugary Drinks From Childhood May Quietly Raise Blood Pressure Decades Later A 25 year study published in Circulation, the American Heart Association's flagship journal, reveals a genuinely important insight about early life eating habits, sugary drinks and fruit juice consumed from childhood may shape blood pressure risk well into adulthood. Researchers followed 25,749 participants enrolled in the Growing Up Today Study, starting at ages 9 to 16 and following them for up to 25 years, with a median age of 36 by the end of follow up. Participants completed detailed dietary questionnaires repeatedly over the decades, allowing researchers to track long term consumption patterns of sugar sweetened beverages, fruit juice, and whole fruit against later development of high blood pressure. The core finding, sugary drinks carry real long term risk: Participants who consumed two or more servings of sugar sweetened beverages daily, soda, sports drinks, sweetened tea, fruit punch, had a 52% higher risk of developing high blood pressure later in life, compared to those who drank fewer than three servings per week. The risk varied by drink type. Each daily serving of soda was l