Sweetened beverages “are not recommended as part of a healthy diet for children and adolescents,” the panel concludes.

The main takeaway from these new guidelines is that kids and teens should be drinking plain water, flat or sparkling, and milk primarily.

Children should limit their intake of juice which is loaded with sugar and has little to no nutritional value, flavored milk like chocolate milk which also contains a lot of sugar, and plant-based ...

It loses out to Coca-Cola, orange juice, and tea, among others. However, some drinks hydrate worse than water, such as beer ...

Ultimately, plain drinking water and pasteurized milk are the ... Plant-based milk, flavored sweetened dairy milk and 100% juice should be consumed on a limited basis. Finally, we should steer ...

Public health experts recommend children under 18 years limit 100% fruit and vegetable juice, plant-based milk ... limiting options to plain water and milk Public health recommendations published ...

Kids between 5-8 should drink 2-5 cups of water and 2.5 cups of milk a day. Kids 9-13 should have 2.75-7.6 cups of water and ...