RSS Feed
July 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) — U.S. children drink less
milk and more sugar-sweetened beverages, such as sodas and flavored fruit
drinks, as they get older, but such unhealthy drinks don’t actually
replace milk in kids’ diets, researchers have found.
In a new study, researchers analyzed the responses of nearly 7,500
children who filled out beverage-consumption questionnaires when they were
in fifth and eighth grades. The children’s milk consumption decreased
between the two grades, while their consumption of sweetened beverages
with low nutritional quality more than doubled.
Milk consumption fell more among children who drank any sweetened
beverages than among those who drank no sweetened beverages, the study
found. In addition, consumption of 100 percent fruit juice increased,
regardless of consumption of sweetened beverages.
After taking into account population and nutrition factors, however,
the investigators concluded that children weren’t moving toward sugary
drinks as a replacement for healthier drinks such as milk and 100 percent
fruit juice.
Children who drank more milk over the three-year study period also
increased their consumption of juice, which suggests that milk and juice
are complements, not substitutes, in these kids’ diets, the researchers
said.
Boys and white children were most likely to drink sweetened beverages.
Those who drank sweetened beverages daily were more likely to attend
public school, eat school lunch or breakfast regularly and receive a free
or reduced-price school lunch.
The findings were published online July 18 in the Journal of the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Lead investigator Reena Oza-Frank, of the Center for Perinatal Research
at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said there is a
concern that as children increase their consumption of one high-calorie
beverage, they also increase their consumption of others.
“It’s important for [food and nutrition practitioners] to help children
and families understand that caloric beverages, even those that are
generally healthful, contribute to children’s total calorie intake and
must be moderated as a part of a healthy diet,” Oza-Frank said in a
journal news release.
More information
The American Academy of Pediatrics has more about childhood nutrition.
Related posts:
Views: 0
Posted in 
Tags: 
