Milk: Nutrient Power House
Milk: Nutrient Power House
An 8-ounce serving of milk, flavored or not, gives kids as much as...
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With calcium and eight other essential nutrients, flavored milk offers the same great nutrient-rich package as white milk and can help improve overall diets. Kids are in a calcium crisis, with more than half of children ages 2-8 and three-quarters of children ages 9-19 not getting the recommended daily servings of low-fat or fat-free milk or milk products. Flavored milk can help close the gap because children prefer it and will drink more milk when it's flavored.
Flavored Milk! An Important Nutrient-Rich Choice
With calcium and eight other essential nutrients, flavored milk offers the same great nutrient-rich package as plain milk and can help improve overall diets.Leading Health and Nutrition Organizations Support Flavored Milk to Help Kids Meet Critical Nutrient Needs
Leading health and nutrition organizations – including the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Dietetic Association, American Heart Association, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Association and School Nutrition Association – recognize the valuable role that low-fat or fat-free milk, including flavored milk, can play in meeting daily nutrient needs, and helping kids get the daily servings of milk recommended by the Dietary Guideli
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Over the past couple weeks there has been growing buzz about flavored milk in schools. I am encouraged to see such an interest in reducing childhood obesity, but I'm concerned about the approaches being suggested...Chocolate Milk: Tasty Nutrition
Health Organizations' Support
Health Professional Organizations Support Flavored Milk to Meet Critical Nutrient Needs
All milk contains a unique combination of nutrients important for growth and development - including three of the five “nutrients of concern” for which children have inadequate intakes. And, flavored milk accounts for less than 3.5% of added sugar intake in children ages 6-12 and less than 2% in teens.
Flavored Milk: The Facts
Facts about flavored milk.
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Moms Weigh in on the Great Debate
Despite some of the high-profile debates over flavored milk, a recent study of 1,000 moms found that more than half (54%) would be opposed to a decision made by their children’s school or school districts to stop offering chocolate milk. The survey found that mothers recognize that the availability of chocolate milk increases milk intake for some children who do not drink white milk.
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