CHILDREN

Low Calcium Intake Linked to Higher Body Fat in Children
(11/2005)

A shortage of milk might lead to an abundance of body fat, suggests a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee at Memphis who found that children and adolescents who do not get enough calcium also have higher body fat levels. A possible reason for the study findings may be that teenagers get more of their calories from soft drinks and sugary fruit drinks than any other food -- about 13 percent of their total calories.

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