Drinking one glass or more of 100% fruit juice each day is associated with weight gain in children and adults, according to a new analysis of 42 previous studies.

The research, published Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics, found a positive association between drinking 100% fruit juice and BMI — a calculation that takes into account weight and height — among kids. It also found an association between daily consumption of 100% fruit juice with weight gain among adults.

100% fruit juice was defined as fruit juices with no added sugar.

  • pinkdrunkenelephants
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    5 months ago

    Why do you need sugar to take the blame so badly?

    It’s a lot more nuanced than that.

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      5 months ago

      Sugar = calories.

      Calories in vs calories out.

      That’s how you get the obesity problem that we have now.

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        5 months ago

        That’s not the way nutrition works at all. Calories are calories; it doesn’t matter whether they come from sugar, fat or protein.