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Article: New Research Addresses Confusion About Juice; Study Published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association Reveals Trends in Children's Beverage Consumption.
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- December 27, 2002
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CHICAGO -- CHICAGO, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The relationship between children's juice intake and their growth has been debated for years. New research published today in the January 2003 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association supports what many nutrition experts say they have long suspected: Children and adolescents are drinking higher amounts of less nutritious fruit- flavored beverages and carbonated soft drinks than 100 percent juice.
Researchers from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences analyzed beverage consumption of more than 10,000 children from various age groups and found that, while most children ...