Nutrition is critical at any stage, but during the first 1,000 days of life — from conception to a child’s second birthday — it’s particularly influential. In this period, dietary habits lay the groundwork for lifelong health.

Limiting sugar intake from conception through early childhood was linked to lower risks of type 2 diabetes and hypertension, a new study found.View on euronews

This study really gets me very excited because it just basically says, my God, if you're exposed in utero to sugar, years later you develop more diabetes," an endocrinologist said.