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.

  • @stoly
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    1010 months ago

    Funny that they didn’t go with the constipation angle in addition to the calories angle. You can eat all the fruit you want and pass it well, but if you do just the juice, you get no fiber and you will get blocked up.

    • @[email protected]
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      fedilink
      410 months ago

      Can you explain why that hotel continental breakfast dispenser apple juice always makes you shit your brains out then?

      • @stoly
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        610 months ago

        Contaminated maybe? Fruit products can carry things like E. coli or salmonella if exposed.

          • @scottywh
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            210 months ago

            Even if they’re cleaned “regularly” it’s still possible a kid who just scratched their butt crack with their bare hands could have touched the nozzle for giggles right before you got there.

      • @theherk
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        210 months ago

        Do you always have it in conjunction with coffee or eggs?

      • @scottywh
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        110 months ago

        Never had that problem with those dispensers personally.