{"id":162176,"date":"2012-07-18T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisroubis.com\/2012\/07\/sugary-drinks-not-replacing-milk-as-kids-age-study\/"},"modified":"2012-07-18T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T18:14:07","slug":"sugary-drinks-not-replacing-milk-as-kids-age-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewworldorder.org\/sugary-drinks-not-replacing-milk-as-kids-age-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugary Drinks Not Replacing Milk as Kids Age: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p class=\"first\">WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) &#8212; U.S. children drink less<br \/>\nmilk and more sugar-sweetened <span class=\"yshortcuts\">beverages<\/span>, such as sodas and flavored fruit<br \/>\ndrinks, as they get older, but such unhealthy drinks don&#8217;t actually<br \/>\nreplace milk in kids&#8217; diets, researchers have found.<\/p>\n<p>In a new study, researchers analyzed the responses of nearly 7,500<br \/>\nchildren who filled out beverage-consumption questionnaires when they were<br \/>\nin fifth and eighth grades. The children&#8217;s <span class=\"yshortcuts\">milk consumption<\/span> decreased<br \/>\nbetween the two grades, while their consumption of sweetened beverages<br \/>\nwith low nutritional quality more than doubled.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"yshortcuts\">Milk consumption<\/span> fell more among children who drank any sweetened<br \/>\nbeverages than among those who drank no sweetened beverages, the study<br \/>\nfound. In addition, <span class=\"yshortcuts\">consumption<\/span> of 100 percent fruit juice increased,<br \/>\nregardless of consumption of sweetened beverages.<\/p>\n<p>After taking into account population and nutrition factors, however,<br \/>\nthe investigators concluded that children weren&#8217;t moving toward sugary<br \/>\ndrinks as a replacement for healthier drinks such as milk and 100 percent<br \/>\nfruit juice. <\/p>\n<p>Children who drank more milk over the three-year study period also<br \/>\nincreased their consumption of juice, which suggests that milk and juice<br \/>\nare complements, not substitutes, in these kids&#8217; diets, the researchers<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Boys and white children were most likely to drink sweetened beverages.<br \/>\nThose who drank sweetened beverages daily were more likely to attend<br \/>\npublic school, eat school lunch or breakfast regularly and receive a free<br \/>\nor reduced-price school lunch.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were published online July 18 in the <i>Journal of the<br \/>\nAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Lead investigator Reena Oza-Frank, of the Center for Perinatal Research<br \/>\nat Nationwide Children&#8217;s Hospital in <span class=\"yshortcuts\">Columbus, Ohio<\/span>, said there is a<br \/>\nconcern that as children increase their consumption of one high-calorie<br \/>\nbeverage, they also increase their consumption of others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important for [food and nutrition practitioners] to help children<br \/>\nand families understand that caloric beverages, even those that are<br \/>\ngenerally healthful, contribute to children&#8217;s total calorie intake and<br \/>\nmust be moderated as a part of a healthy diet,&#8221; Oza-Frank said in a<br \/>\njournal news release.<\/p>\n<p><b>More information<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics has more about <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthychildren.org\/English\/healthy-living\/nutrition\/Pages\/Childhood-Nutrition.aspx\">childhood nutrition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Views: 0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) &#8212; 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&#8217;t actually replace milk in kids&#8217; diets, researchers have found. 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