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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:
Committee on School Health
Soft Drinks in Schools
Pediatrics 2004; 113: 152-154 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read eLetters] Low-fat milk inappropriate
Thomas D. Anderson   (2 February 2004)
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Thomas D. Anderson   (18 April 2004)

Low-fat milk inappropriate 2 February 2004
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Thomas D. Anderson,
Nutritional Anthropologist
Health Sciences Research Institute

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healthsciences{at}telus.net Thomas D. Anderson

With reference to the recommendations listed in "Soft Drinks In Schools" -- there is no reason whatsoever to offer children milk from which some of the fat has been removed. Children need natural fats, and dairy fats are among the freshest and most nutritious fats available. Moreover, it is counterproductive to offer them only defatted milk. They don't like it. It doesn't taste good. This is precisely why they go for the sweetened drinks, and one of the reasons they tend to crave fatty junk foods.

It is also inappropriate to offer them chocolate milk which typically contains a full teaspoon of sugar per ounce - the same amount found in most soft drinks.

I touched on these matters in a letter to the Canadian Medical Association Journal some years ago which can be read at:

http://collection.nlc- bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol- 157/issue-8/1020a.htm

Thomas Anderson, Ph.D. Summerland, British Columbia healthsciences@telus.net

Low-fat milk inappropriate (updated URL) 18 April 2004
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Thomas D. Anderson,
Nutritional anthropologist
Health Sciences Research Institute

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healthsciences{at}telus.net Thomas D. Anderson

Web address for CMAJ article referred to in my submission re low-fat milk has been changed to:

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/eppp- archive/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-157/issue-8/1020a.htm

Thomas D. Anderson, Ph.D.