April
2011
DAIRY
CHECKOFF UPDATE
A
periodic report for dairy media demonstrating how Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI)
and affiliated state and regional promotion organizations work to increase
demand for and sales of U.S.-produced dairy products and ingredients through the
programs of the American Dairy Association®, National Dairy Council® and U.S.
Dairy Export Council®. For more information about these and other dairy
checkoff programs, please contact Jennifer Wing at (847) 627-3225 or jennifer.wing@rosedmi.com.
Research
Finds Milk Provides Necessary Nutrients
Without
Impacting Body Weight in Children, Adolescents
Rosemont,
IL – Scientific evidence indicates that consuming
milk and milk products does not adversely affect body weight or body composition
in children and adolescents.
Moreover,
the majority of studies indicate a beneficial or neutral relationship between
the consumption of milk and/or calcium and body weight and body composition in
children and adolescents, according to results reviewed in a recent issue of Current
Nutrition & Food Science, a leading journal that is widely read by
nutrition and food scientists.
The Dairy
Research Institute (DRI) has focused research on the
connection between dairy consumption and healthy weight, including among
children and adolescents. DRI – formed in 2010 under the leadership of
dairy producers through Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI) – strengthens U.S.
dairy’s access to and investment in technical research to drive innovation and
grow sales in the United States and around the world.
These
results support the positive role that dairy can play as part of a balanced,
healthy diet and lifestyle. They also reinforce the notion that dairy should not
be singled out as a contributing factor in children who are classified as
overweight or obese. Current estimates indicate the prevalence of obesity in
children and adolescents could almost double by 2030.
“It’s
rewarding for producers to see sound science again confirm dairy’s position as
part of a healthy diet,” said
Paul Rovey, Arizona dairy producer and chair of DMI, which manages the national
dairy checkoff.
The
Current Nutrition
& Food Science
article reviewed 36 observational
studies that examined the relationship between dairy
food consumption or calcium intake on body weight and body composition in
children and adolescents. The results from nearly all of the studies demonstrate
either a beneficial or neutral relationship.
The results
from the few randomized clinical trials that investigated the effects of dairy
consumption on body weight and body composition indicate that milk intake has a
neutral effect on body weight and body composition in children and adolescents.
For
more information about the Dairy Research Institute, visit www.USDairy.com
For more
information about the checkoff, visit www.dairycheckoff.com
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