Excess fruit juice consumption by preschool-aged children is associated with short stature and obesity

In the study to evaluate, in a population-based sample of healthy children, fruit juice consumption and its effects on growth parameters during early childhood, Dr. Dennison BA, and the research team at the Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown found that Consumption of > or = 12 fl oz/day of fruit juice by young children was associated with short stature and with obesity. Parents and care takers should limit young children's consumption of fruit juice to less than 12 fl oz/day(1).

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(1) "Excess fruit juice consumption by preschool-aged children is associated with short stature and obesity" by Dennison BA, Rockwell HL, Baker SL.