Fandemonium around professional athletes like Lionel Messi, Caitlin Clark, and Coco Gauff is definitely sparking interest in sports and nutrition among Gen Zers (ages 12 to 27) and causing this group to focus more on personal nutrition and exercise routines.
The importance of dairy consumption during childhood has been in the press for years. Ongoing research is revealing that the need begins before birth at conception. While in the womb, a mother’s nutritional state and lifestyle habits help shape the child’s future health.
Known for his smooth, velvety voice, music icon Frank Sinatra was a great interpreter of the Great American Songbook. In “It Was a Very Good Year,” he outlines the times of his life at 17, 21, 35 and in the autumn of his life.
The dairy industry always takes on its fair share of competition. Whether it is plant-based products, marketing campaigns claiming dairy is “unhealthy,” H5N1 bird flu, labor challenges, and more, dairy is really holding up well.
The magnanimous cultured dairy category is like a clear-blue summer sky with resurging, in some cases, double-digit growth that is “eclipsing” much of the dairy industry.
I want to devote much of my editorial space this month to thank Sharon Gerdes, author of the “Health and Wellness” column, for everything she has done for Dairy Foods during the past 21 years.