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Educate your patients on the importance of 3-A-Day of Dairy: Here's
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Developed in conjunction with The American Academy of Family
Physicians, The American Academy of Pediatrics, The American Dietetic
Association, and The National Medical Association.
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Dairy Council Digest Archives
The Role of Dairy Foods and Activity for Growing Children
The Role of Physical Activity in Children's Bone Health
Regular physical activity offers a number of health benefits for growing children, including helping to increase fitness; build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints; control body weight; and increase self-esteem and social well-being (14). Studies demonstrate that regular weight-bearing exercise, either alone or in combination with increased dietary calcium early in life, increases bone gain in childhood and contributes to peak bone mass in adulthood (61-67). Physical activity before puberty appears to be particularly beneficial for bone health (62,66-70). Also, the bone health benefits achieved during childhood may be long-lasting (64,71).
Many lifestyle behaviors developed during childhood are carried into adulthood. For this reason, improving the nutrition and exercise patterns of U.S. children can be expected to have long-lasting health benefits.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (43) recommends that children and adolescents aim for at least 60 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week, preferably daily. However, a substantial proportion of growing children fail to meet recommended levels of physical activity (15,16,37). Also, physical activity often declines as children approach their teenage years and continues to decrease throughout adolescence (15,16). For this reason, providing opportunities for U.S. youth to increase physical activity and sports is a public health priority (16,17,37).
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