Fruit Drink vs 100% Fruit Juice vs Water & Fruit

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One-hundred-percent fruit juice has most of the nutrients of the fruit itself, but it usually delivers more calories. 

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends no more than one serving (4 ounces) of 100% fruit juice as part of the daily fruit intake. Fruit smoothies are usually very high in calories, and so aren't recommended as daily beverages. Vegetable juice is a lower calorie alternative to fruit juice, but may contain a lot of sodium.
-The Harvard Nutrition Source 

The Prairie Farms Orange drink in this image is a fruit drink, not a 100% fruit juice and is primarily sugar water.  Ideally, one would just drink plain water and have a piece of fruit on the side to get the added benefit of the fiber, which even 100% fruit juice does not contain.

To view Dr. Walter Willett, the chairman of the Dept. of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, discuss the evidence that sugary drinks are an important contributor to the epidemic rise of obesity and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. check out ...

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/healthy-drink-video/index.html 

In the the Comments box, post one way you will incorporate more water into your diet.