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No fruit juice in child's first year: pediatricians

New York

THE nation's top pediatricians are advising parents to stop giving fruit juice to children in the first year of life, saying the drink is not as healthful as many parents think.

In the past, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) had advised parents to avoid 100 per cent fruit juice for babies younger than six months. On Monday, the group toughened its stance against juice, recommending that the drink be banned entirely from a baby's diet during the first year. The concern is that juice offers no nutritional benefits early in life, and can take the place of what babies really need: breast milk or formula and their protein, fat and minerals such as calcium, the group said.

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