Healthy Beverage Quick
Reference Guide
Assembled by the American Academy of Pediatrics Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight
Introduction
What is the Healthy Beverage Quick Reference Guide?

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Why did we create the Healthy Beverage Quick Reference
Guide?

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

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How to use the Healthy Beverage Quick Reference Guide?
--
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 


 



Breastmilk
(1, 2, 3)



Water
(3, 4)
• -
• --
during meal mes
100% Fruit Juice
(2, 4, 5, 6)
• 

• 
-
• 

Milk
(3, 4)
• -
• “” “” 

Sugar sweetened beverages, low-calorie sweeteners, caeinated beverages
(3, 4, 6, 7)
• 
-



• -


• 
• 
Age Group: 0-1 Years
Breastmilk
(1, 2)



Water
(4)
• -
• --
during meal mes
100% Fruit Juice
(3, 4, 5)
• 

• 
-
• 

Plain, Pasteurized Milk
(3, 4, 6)
• At 12 months of age -

12--

’


• --


• 2-5 years: --

• 

Age Group: 1-3 Years
Recommendaons for this age group connue on the next page.
Other Milks
(3, 4)
• 1-5 years:-


• 1-5 years:

Sugar sweetened beverages, low-calorie sweeteners, caeinated beverages
(3, 4, 6, 7)
• 
-


• -


• 
• 
• 

• -


• 

Age Group: 1-3 Years
Water
(3, 4)
• 4-5 years:-

--

--





100% Fruit Juice
(3, 4, 5)
• 

• 

Plain, Pasteurized Milk
(3, 4, 6)
• --

• 2-5 years: --

• 

Age Group: 4-6 Years
Other Milks
(4)
• 1-5 years:-


• 1-5 years:

Recommendaons for this age group connue on the next page.
Sugar sweetened beverages, low-calorie sweeteners, caeinated beverages
(3, 4, 6, 7)
• 
-



• -


• 
• 
• 

• -


• 

Age Group: 4-6 Years
100% Fruit Juice
(3, 5)
• 

• 

Plain, Pasteurized Milk
(3, 6)
• -

Sugar sweetened beverages, low-calorie sweeteners, caeinated beverages
(3, 6, 7)
• 
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Age Group: 7-18 Years
Content References
1) AAP Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
2) AAP Statement: Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days to Support Childhood
Development and Adult Health
3) 2020-2025 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans
4) Consensus Statement: Healthy Beverage Consumption in Early Childhood Recommendations
from Key National Health and Nutrition Organizations
5) AAP Statement: Fruit Juice in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Current Recommendations
6) AAP Statement: The Role of the Pediatrician in Primary Prevention of Obesity
7) AAP Statement: Clinical Report—Sports Drinks and Energy Drinks for Children and Adolescents:
Are They Appropriate?
Acknowledgements
The Healthy Beverage Quick Reference Guide was developed in
partnership and assembled by the American Academy of
Pediatrics Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight as a part of the
#ChooseWater educational program funded by ReadyRefresh®.