New School Meal Regulations and Consumption of Flavored Milk in Ten US Elementary Schools, 2010 and 2013

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Yon, Bethany A. ; Johnson, Rachel K.
• Description:
  Milk is a source of shortfall nutrients in children's diets, but most children do not consume recommended amounts. We measured consumption of milk by elementary-schoolchildren (grades 3-5) in a diverse sample of schools before and after implementation of the US Department of Agriculture's updated meal regulations requiring flavored milk to be fat-free. Flavored milk consumption did not change from 2010 to 2013; 52.2% of students in 2010 and 49.7% in 2013 consumed 7 ounces or more of an 8-ounce container. Updated regulations succeeded in lowering the amount of fat, added sugars, and calories in school milk but did not change overall milk consumption, thus improving children's diet quality.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150163
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  26425870
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4591616
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:35d7cf2baca48b0a7d9e0c7361235eb6beb8329a1200c054460d4a013a6d2214000c1f72495bb89ed99e875aa4bc6892ae1adb54867c27c52ee6d62ed1e68365
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