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Enjoy 3 servings of milk, cheese or yogurt for stronger bones and to stave off the afternoon slump! Help your kids get on their way to three servings of dairy every day by serving one of these snacks as they arrive home from school or on their way to after-school activities.

Flavored Milk contributes only 3% of the total added sugars in childrens’ diets, and provides 9 essential nutrients, making it a better choice than many other beverages.

Osteoporosis,a bone-thinning disease, is preventable! Don’t let it happen to you! Prevention starts early. Good bone health is a lifelong process that begins in childhood. Nearly half of all bone is formed during the teen years.

Osteoporosis,a bone-thinning disease, is preventable! Don’t let it happen to you! Prevention starts early. Good bone health is a lifelong process that begins in childhood. Nearly half of all bone is formed during the teen years.

There’s something to be said for staying young at heart! What you eat has plenty to do with it. When you choose foods loaded with essential vitamins and minerals, you’re on the right track.

Although it only contributes about 5% of the calories to the U.S. diet, cheese makes significant nutrient contributions, including 21% of the calcium, 11% of the phosphorus, 9% of the protein, 9% of the vitamin A and 8% of the zinc.

Making food choices for a healthy lifestyle can be as simple as using these 10 Tips. Use the ideas in this list to balance your calories, to choose foods to eat more often, and to cut back on foods to eat less often.

When it comes to nutrition, not all breakfasts are created equal. The choice is yours, so choose a smart start.

Research indicates that children as young as four and five years old are beginning to develop food habits that will last into their adult years. Willingness to taste new foods at these early ages is key to building a healthy diet.

Getting enough calcium may lower your risk of gum disease. A strong jawbone, reinforced by adequate calcium is better equipped to resist deteriorating bacteria.

Lactose intolerance doesn't mean you can't enjoy milk, cheese and yogurt. Lactose is the natural sugar in milk and dairy foods.

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) places an important focus on children because of the growing body of evidence documenting the vital role that optimal nutrition plays throughout the lifespan.

The “From Farm to Food to You” poster is perfect to help you relate the store of the dairy process to tour groups or classrooms. The (12x11) poster is an easy teaching tool for all ages learning about dairy farming.

While children need to eat from all food groups, there are several food groups that health experts agree Americans need to eat from more often—low-fat and fat-free milk or milk products, fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Here are some quick and tasty snacks that will score points with your sports star!

Here are some quick and tasty snacks that will score points with your sports star!

Each day make sure you eat the recommended number of servings from every food group for the best chance of getting all the nutrients you and your baby need.

Each day make sure you eat the recommended number of servings from every food group for the best chance of getting all the nutrients you and your baby need.

The Dairy Group includes milk, yogurt, cheese, and fortified soymilk. They provide calcium, vitamin D, potassium, protein, and other nutrients needed for good health throughout life. Choices should be lowfat or fat-free—to cut calories and saturated fat.

Increased intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products are likely to have important health benefits for most Americans, according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. They are encouraged for a healthful diet and are sources for specific nutrients of which many Americans are not getting enough – calcium, potassium, fiber, magnesium, vitamins A, C and E.

Many health authorities agree that low-fat and fat-free milk and milk products are an important and practical source of key nutrients for all people – including those who are lactose intolerant.

Milk Group foods are a core part of healthy dietary patterns recommended by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) The DGA recommends 3 cups of low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products daily for those 9 years or older, 2.5 servings for those 4-8 years old, and 2 servings for those 2-3 years old.

Milk is nature’s multivitamin! See how many beans, almonds, eggs and more you’d have to eat, just to match the nutrients in one 8-ounce glass of low-fat milk.

Fact sheet study aid to illustrate milk’s unique nutrient package.

It’s a painful, crippling, bone-thinning disease which occurs slowly making bones weak, fragile and more likely to break. It can contribute to a stooped posture and shortened height. It is preventable and can be treated.

When it comes to nutrition, other beverage choices don’t even come close to milk. Check out how some popular beverages stack up nutritionally to milk – the nutrient power house.

Measure food portions so you know exactly how much food you’re eating. When a food scale or measuring cups aren’t handy, you can still estimate your portion.

When it comes to nutrition, not all drinks are created equal.

There’s a nutrient powerhouse in a variety of flavors that today’s kids love. That beverage is milk, delivering 9 essential nutrients, including some that appear to be seriously lacking in children’s diets today.

Growing children need calcium to build strong bones and teeth. Use this helpful food guide for serving sizes from dairy and other food groups for children ages 2 to 5 years.