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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My school aged children have a juice box every day with their lunch.

Is there something wrong with juice?

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If they're burning the calories with exercise I don't think so. In my book the issue is with the empty calories.[/quote]

My kids is in the 5th %ile for BMI for his age.   Do you think it's OK he drinks juice??[/quote]

What % for height?[/quote]

Around 25th %ile for height and about 5-10th %ile for weight.[/quote]

Just FWIW, although there is a lot of discussion about caloric drinks and the obesity epidemic, many of my childhood nutrition books also say the opposite: kids, unlike adults, CAN fill up on liquids, so if there is any concern about your child not gaining enough weight (and this may not be a concern for you-- my daughter is in a low percentile and is perfectly healthy), it's a bad idea to let her fill up on juice. I know that if my daughter gets a juice box, she will not eat any of the snack that accompanies it, because the juice is just so totally Awesome and Enough for her. Said juice box contains only 40 calories. A meager snack for a growing girl.[/quote]

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