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"Bone density in relation to sugar sweetened beverages"

The Pubmed article entitled "Increased Sweetened Beverage Intake is Associated with Reduced Milk and Calcium Intake in 3-7-year-old children at multi-item laboratory lunches " refers to how when school aged children when are given the choice of choosing milk or sweetened beverages at lunch time, they tend to choose the sweetened beverages.This has major health implications on these children because at a young age nutrition is essential for the proper development of these children. Research shows that nerve impulses delay when someone has an iron deficiency. This study was also able to provide data on how 3-7 year olds are currently still not ingesting the appropriate amount of calcium into their daily diets. This data shows that as these children grow up their dietary intake of calcium continues to lessen as they get older. In contrast, as they get older, their intake of sugary beverages increases. A good majority of children grow to have a level of intolerance to milk and another good percentage grow to not like the taste of milk. Insufficient levels of calcium throughout adolescence is a precursor for osteoporosis and even obesity in some cases. Healthy schools campaign is a initiative set forth by Michelle Obama that promotes nutritional enrichment through food an education. The national initiatives under this program are cooking up change, green clean schools, school nurse leadership, and national collaborative. Many of the sugary drinks/ sodas in elementary, middle, and high schools have been replaced by water and other nutritious drinks.

The study entitled "Meeting calcium recommendations during middle childhood reflects mother- daughter beverage choices and predicts bone mineral status" observed children ages 5 to 9. They measured their calcium intake in comparison with their bone density in relation to their beverage choices. The trend of the children drinking more milk (obtaining more calcium) was shown to remain the same from pre-school into middle school.This is another example of the importance of the child starting early with adequate amounts of calcium in their diet so that by middle school their calcium levels would be appropriate.