CHILDREN

Not Getting Enough Milk and Dairy During Preschool Years May Lead to Weight Gain in Adolescence
(08/2006)

Moms know their young children need milk for strong bones and teeth, but a new study suggests dairy foods like milk may also help lower the risk of childhood obesity. Researchers at Boston University found that youngsters who get adequate amounts of dairy foods daily seem to lower their risk of becoming overweight.
View Full Article

Low Calcium Intake Linked to Higher Body Fat in Children
North American Association for the Study of Obesity
(11/2005)

A shortage of milk might lead to an abundance of body fat, suggests a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee at Memphis who found that children and adolescents who do not get enough calcium also have higher body fat levels.  A possible reason for the study findings may be that teenagers get more of their calories from soft drinks and sugary fruit drinks than any other food -- about 13 percent of their total calories.
View Full Article

Children Swapping Milk for Soda
Experimental Biology
(06/2005)

A new research abstract presented at the 2005 Experimental Biology scientific conference suggests that as children get older, they are drinking less milk and replacing it with soda and fruit drinks, which have become the number one source of sugar and calories in their diets.
View Full Article