Items Tagged with 'children and dairy foods'

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. 

Silk Kids is the brand's first plant-based beverage made with an oatmilk blend crafted for children ages five and up.

Through this partnership, Once Upon a Farm is committing to source and pay premiums on produce from EFI-certified suppliers.

San Francisco-based Bears Nutrition was named the grand prize winner in the Real California Milk Accelerator dairy startup competition.

A significant number of kids and families don’t have adequate access to milk and other dairy foods.

Preschoolers who are given low-fat milk, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, are more likely to be overweight or obese than children given 2 percent or whole milk and, over time, gain weight at a similar rate as children drinking 2 percent or whole, new research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.