Sweet-tooth dietary preference
Intervention1 paper5 findings
- Humans1
Associations
5Telomere length
downin humans1Low certainty
1 study
Telomere length
downin humans1Low certainty
Sweet-tooth dietary preference is associated with telomere length in humans.
Humansleucocyte
Sweet-tooth preferences were linked to higher dementia risk · GeroScience · 7 Oct 2026
PhenoAge
upin humans1Low certainty
1 study
PhenoAge
upin humans1Low certainty
Sweet-tooth dietary preference is associated with PhenoAge in humans.
Humans
Sweet-tooth preferences were linked to higher dementia risk · GeroScience · 7 Oct 2026
Vascular dementia
upin humans1+202% higher riskLow certainty
1 study
Vascular dementia
upin humans1+202% higher riskLow certainty
Sweet-tooth dietary preference raises the risk of vascular dementia in humans (202% higher risk).
Humanscompared to health-aligned group
Sweet-tooth preferences were linked to higher dementia risk · GeroScience · 7 Oct 2026
Alzheimer's disease
upin humans1+62% higher riskLow certainty
1 study
Alzheimer's disease
upin humans1+62% higher riskLow certainty
Sweet-tooth dietary preference raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease in humans (62% higher risk).
Humanscompared to health-aligned group
Sweet-tooth preferences were linked to higher dementia risk · GeroScience · 7 Oct 2026
Dementia
upin humans1+79% higher riskLow certainty
1 study
Dementia
upin humans1+79% higher riskLow certainty
Sweet-tooth dietary preference raises the risk of dementia in humans (79% higher risk).
Humanscompared to health-aligned group
Sweet-tooth preferences were linked to higher dementia risk · GeroScience · 7 Oct 2026
Latest
1Sweet-tooth preferences were linked to higher dementia risk
The sweet-tooth group had a 79% higher dementia risk than the group labelled health-aligned in a prospective cohort study.The sweet-tooth group had a 79% higher dementia risk than the group labelled health-aligned in a prospective cohort study.