Not so much - from Vox:
Fruit juice isn't much better for you than soda. Let's stop pretending otherwise.
One of the biggest public health wins of recent decades has been America's slow shift away from soda.
With more awareness about the very strong correlation between guzzling sweet, fizzy drinks, and obesity and tooth decay, sales of beverages like Coca-Cola and Pepsi have slumped.
But there's pretty good evidence that Americans are still getting hoodwinked by juices and other sugary beverages.
So people are drinking less soda and more juice - only problem is:
Most juices and sports drinks have as much or even more sugar than soda.
Data comes from this paper: Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study
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