Nutrition and Health

• Take Steps Now to Prevent Osteoporosis
• Eating Dairy Lowers Systolic Blood Pressure
• Milk - The healthy punch
• Milk, Cheese and Yogurt: The Power of Nine
• Limiting dairy can cause weak bones
• DASH to the Diet - Hypertension and you
• Dairy products and immunity - There is a link
• Milk: What makes it so good for you?
• Calcium: Where else to find it besides milk
• So you're lactose intolerant - What does that mean?

Children

• 'D' ficient teens need more milk
• More Evidence That Milk Makes Bones Stronger
• Drink Milk: Your Kids Are Watching!
• Children and dairy - The earlier the better
• Dairy is key to promoting healthy bones
• Plenty of reasons to smile about flavored milk

Weight Control

• Dairy's role in weight management
• Moderate, regular eating decreases obesity risk
• Calcium enhances weight loss efforts

Health and Nutrition

More Evidence That Milk Makes Bones Stronger

Two new studies have found that the years from toddler to teen are a critical time for preventing childhood fractures and reaching optimal bone growth potential. While investigating the fracture history of 50 children who avoided drinking milk, researchers in New Zealand found that children who avoided milk tripled their chances of breaking a bone compared to children of similar ages who drank milk.

A separate study investigating bone mineral content and growth patterns of 220 male and female adolescents in Canada found that drinking soft drinks instead of milk appeared to decrease bone development in girls. The results of both studies indicate that if children and adolescents consume fruit drinks and soft drinks instead of milk, there may be a rise in fracture rates before puberty, and it may hinder bone development in later years.

Goulding A, et al. Children who avoid drinking cow's milk are at increased risk for prepubertal bone fractures. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2004; 104 (2):250-253.

Whiting S, et al. Factors that affect bone mineral accrual in the adolescent growth spurt. Journal of Nutrition, 2004; 134 (3S):696S-700S.