Fact Sheets

• Science Supporting Dairy's Role in a Healthy Weight Fact Sheet
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• Waist Circumference Fact Sheet
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• Healthy Weight with Dairy (A Journal of the American Dietetic Association Nutrition Fact Sheet) (PDF: 450k)

Supportive Science

• "Association of Calcium Intake, Dairy Product Consumption with Overweight Status in Young Adults," Journal of the American College of Nutrition, January 2007
  
  
• "Effect of 1-Year Dairy Product Intervention on Fat Mass in Young Women: 6-Month Follow-up," Obesity, December 2006
  
  
• NDC Comments on Dairy's Role in Weight Management (March 2004, PDF: 215k)
  
  
• Key Findings: National Medical Association Consensus Report (December 2004)
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Dairy Council Digests

• 3-A-DAY of Dairy for a Healthy Weight
  Volume 76, Number 6 November/December 2005 
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• Dairy Foods' Role in Achieving a Healthy Weight 
  Dairy Council Digest, March/April 2004
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• Weight Control: An Emerging Beneficial Role for Dairy
  Volume 73, Number 4 July/August 2002
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• Insights into Weight Management
  Volume 71, Number 2 March/April 2000
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News Releases 

• New FDA Report Calls for More Milk on Menus (Press Release: 2006)
  
  
• New Study Sheds Light on How Dairy Consumption Burns More Fat and Calories (Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• Don't Drop Milk and Dairy Products While Dieting (Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• New Study Reinforces Dairy's Value in Reduced-Calorie Diet (Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• Studies Show: Lose Fat, Gain Lean Muscle (Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• Young Women Maintain a Healthy Weight with Dairy Foods (Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• New Report Projects More Than $200 Billion in Healthcare Cost Savings from Simple Diet Change (Press Release: 2004)  
  
  
• Study Shows Dairy May Help Prevent Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes and Heart Disease (Press Release: 2002)
  
  
• New Study Links Over-Consumption of Soft and Fruit Drinks to Childhood Obesity
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