How Sugar affect on Children

By Su Su Hlaing
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Agenda
Background information about
sugar

Causes
Over comsumption of sugar

Sugar Addiction

Effects
Diseases like obesity ,diabetes ,non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease

Slow down the brain function

Solution
Be a model for children
Set the rule for children
Background information about sugar

Made up of two molecules called glucose

and fructose

Also known as carbonhydrate

There are 56 names for sugar for (eg

glucose ,fructose ,sucrose , maltose ,
lactose and starch )
Two types of sugar –naturally occurring
sugar and added sugar
Names of sugar

Source :Dr . Robert Lusting

Causes

Overconsumption of sugar

Sugar Addiction
Sugar can be addicted like
cocaine .
Effect 1
There are two diseases that we never saw before in children
are tpye 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

One third of American children are overweight

Effect 2

Slow down the function of the brain

High sugar level can cause inflammation of

cells in an area of the brain known as
hippocampus
Solution

Be a model for your children .

Set the rule for children

Thank You
References
www.Children’s defense fund “Childhood obesity –A Growing
epidemic” by Marian Wright Edelman

How sugar affect the brain by Nicole Avena (TED Ed ) youtube

The Secret Of Sugar Documentary by CBC News from

youtube

www.verywellmind.com negative impact of sugar on the brain

Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L. Professor emeritus of Pediatrics,

Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San
Francisco (UCSF).