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Dairy Council Digest Archives

3-A-DAY OF DAIRY FOR A HEALTHY WEIGHT
Volume 76, Number 6 Nov/Dec 2005
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RELATED RESOURCES

• www.nationaldairycouncil.org - The Healthy Weight Health Education Kit (click on Health Professional Resources, then Nutrition Education Resources, then Health Education Kits)
• www.healthyweightwithdairy.com
• www.assessyourdiet.webmd.com
• www.3aday.org

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

National Dairy Council® assumes the responsibility for this publication. However, we would like to acknowledge the help and suggestions of the following reviewers in its preparation:

• Marta Van Loan, Ph.D. Research Physiologist USDA, ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California – Davis, Davis, CA
  
• Michael B. Zemel, Ph.D. Professor of Nutrition and Medicine, Director, The Nutrition Institute, Department of Nutrition, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN

The Dairy Council Digest® is written and edited by Lois D. McBean, M.S., R.D.

Table of Contents:

• Summary

• Introduction

• 3-A-Day of Dairy for a Healthy Weight

• Conclusion

• References