SynthesisPediatrics2017
Fruit Juice and Change in BMI: A Meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- ILSI Europe Systematic Review: The Impact of Digestible and Nondigestible Carbohydrate Consumption for Toddlers (1-4 Years) in Relation to Health Outcomes.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Health effects of drinking 100% juice: an umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analyses.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption in Children and Risk of Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- 100% Fruit juice intake and cardiovascular risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective and randomised controlled studies.European journal of nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Perspective: The Role of Beverages as a Source of Nutrients and Phytonutrients.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
- Review of 100% Fruit Juice and Chronic Health Conditions: Implications for Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Policy.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2018Pooled it
- Storybooks About Healthy Beverage Consumption: Effects in an Online Randomized Experiment With Parents.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Trial
- Starting Early Program Impacts on Feeding at Infant 10 Months Age: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Trial
- Effects of a multipronged beverage intervention on young children's beverage intake and weight: a cluster-randomized pilot study.Public health nutrition · 2019Trial
- Metabolomic Profiles Associated With Sugary Beverage Intakes in Youth.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Whole Fruits Versus 100% Fruit Juice: Revisiting the Evidence and Its Implications for US Healthy Dietary Recommendations.Nutrition bulletin · 2025Review
- Fetal exposure to gestational diabetes severity and postnatal infant feeding in the first year of life associated with preadolescent obesity: a prospective cohort.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Article
- Modelling the potential impact of a tax on fruit juice in South Africa: implications for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes and health financing.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
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- Fruit juice - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023.Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
- Childhood Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: an Agent-Based Model of Context-Specific Reduction Efforts.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Is There a Convergence between the Food Classification Adopted by Food-Based Dietary Guidelines and Food Science and Technology?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Parental food selection questionnaire - Infant version.Appetite · 2023Article
- Developmental Contributions to Obesity: Nutritional Exposures in the First Thousand Days.Gastroenterology clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Association between Family and School Pressures, Consumption of Ultra-Processed Beverages, and Obesity in Preadolescents: A School-Based Epidemiological Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
contextWhether 100% fruit juice consumption causes weight gain in children remains controversial.
objectiveTo determine the association between 100% fruit juice consumption and change in BMI or BMI DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases. STUDY SELECTION: Longitudinal studies examining the association of 100% fruit juice and change in BMI measures were included. DATA EXTRACTION: Two independent reviewers extracted data using a predesigned data collection form.
resultsOf the 4657 articles screened, 8 prospective cohort studies ( LIMITATIONS: All observational studies; studies differed in exposure assessment and covariate adjustment.
conclusionsConsumption of 100% fruit juice is associated with a small amount of weight gain in children ages 1 to 6 years that is not clinically significant, and is not associated with weight gain in children ages 7 to 18 years. More studies are needed in children ages 1 to 6 years.
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