• Pediatricians advise no fruit juice for kids under 1

    Pediatricians advise no fruit juice for kids under 1
    Children should not be given fruit juice before they are 1 year old unless it’s advised by a doctor, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The group had previously advised parents to wait to offer juice until a child reached 6 months old but decided to make the change based on rising rates of obesity and concerns about tooth cavities. “We couldn’t really see any reason why juice was still […]

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