Milk Consumption By Children Declining But Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Not The Cause
National data indicate that milk consumption has declined among children while consumption of sweetened beverages of low nutritional quality has more than doubled. Although this suggests that sugar-sweetened beverages may have replaced more nutritious drinks in children’s diets, a new study suggests that in fact changes in children’s milk consumption are not significantly related to changes in their consumption of sodas and flavored fruit drinks over time. The results are published online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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