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Alliance for a Healthier Generation Recognizes Dairy’s Contribution to Child Nutrition
New Competitive Food Guidelines Support Low-Fat And Fat-Free Dairy As Foods To Encourage
Rosemont, Ill., October 6, 2006 – Focusing on the important role of a low-fat, nutrient-rich diet for children, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation recommends low-fat or fat-free dairy foods, such as cheese and yogurt, among healthy foods that should be readily available to children in schools.
According to the USDA’s 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the powerful package of nutrients found in dairy foods provide three of the five nutrients children often fall short on: calcium, potassium and magnesium. The Dietary Guidelines also recognize that people who consume more dairy foods have better overall diets, consume more nutrients and have improved bone health.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s guidelines are the latest call-to-action for Americans to establish healthy eating and lifestyle habits by including low-fat and fat-free dairy foods in their diets. This announcement joins a growing list of scientific reports and guidelines that recommend consumption of low-fat or fat-free dairy foods to improve diet quality and bone health, including the 2004 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis, the 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics report, “Optimizing bone health and calcium intakes of infants, children, and adolescents,” the 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics report, “Lactose Intolerance in Infants, Children and Adolescents,” and the “Consensus Report of the National Medical Association: The role of dairy and dairy nutrients in the diet of African Americans.”
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