Colin Rehm, PhD; Adam Drewnowski PhD BMC Pediatrics, July 2016; 16: 83. Key Findings: Based on food cost data, the study concluded that meeting total fruit shortfalls by whole fruit alone increased diet cost by almost twice as much than with a combination of juice and fruit. Furthermore, while modeling only whole fruit consumption did […]
Theresa Nicklas, PhD; Carol O’Neil PhD, RD; Victor Fulgoni, III, PhD Current Nutrition and Food Science, October 2015; 11(4): 267-273. Key Findings: Overall, fruit juice is nutritionally similar to whole fruit with a “trade-off” for vitamin C for fiber and total sugars and is an easy and important way to help children meet USDA Dietary […]
Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RD; Carol O’Neil PhD, RD; J. Scott Parrott PhD; et al. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, June 2015; 56(5): 871-884. Key Findings: An independent, in-depth critical systematic review conducted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics looking at research from 1995-2013 found drinking 100% juice is not associated with increased […]
Theresa Nicklas, PhD; Carol O’Neil, PhD, RD; and Victor Fulgoni, III, PhD International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition. May 2015; 4: 112-121. Key Findings: Consumption of 100% fruit juice was associated with higher nutrient intake, better diet quality and greater consumption of whole fruit than non-fruit juice drinkers in a nationally representative sample of […]
Adam Drewnowski, PhD and Colin Rehm, PhD Nutrition Journal. January 2015; 14(3): 1-9. Key Findings: Fruit juice is not overconsumed, does not displace fruit in the diet and falls into a pattern of two parts whole fruit, one part juice. Whole fruit is influenced by socioeconomics and this may pose challenges for the economically disadvantaged […]
