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Healthy kids need 3 serves of dairy foods... every day!

Only 1 out of 5 primary school kids has their 3 serves of dairy every day1.

Milk, cheese and yogurt are on the lunchbox wish lists of Aussie kids,2 so help them get their 3 serves of dairy foods every day by adding some to their lunchbox.

Dairy foods are one of the five recommended food groups and provide kids with ten essential nutrients for growth and development, including protein for healthy muscles and calcium for building strong bones. Low intakes of dairy foods and calcium increases the risk of fractures now3 and osteoporosis later life.4

Parents are vital to helping their kids consume enough dairy foods. In fact, the more dairy foods mums eat, the more likely their children are to eat dairy as well!5 Research also shows that eating dairy foods is not linked to weight gain in kids or adults so everyone can enjoy the benefits of milk, cheese and yogurt.6


All it takes is 3 serves of dairy every day in any combination. A serve is:

- 1 glass/small carton of plain/flavoured milk (250mL)
- 2 slices/sticks or 4 cubes of cheese (40g), or
- 1 small tub of yogurt (200g)

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Twitter 1. Secondary analysis of the 2007 Australian National Children’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, CSIRO, 2009, revealed only 1 out of 5 children aged 4-11 years is consuming 3 serves of dairy daily to help meet their Recommended Dietary Intake for calcium. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand, NHMRC, 2006.

2. Kids and Parents Qualitative Study, Millward Brown Firefly, 2011.

3. Goulding A, Rockell JE, Black RE, Grant AM, Jones IE, Williams SM. (2004) Children who avoid drinking cow’s milk are at increased risk for prepubertal bone fractures. J Am Diet Assoc; 104: 250-253.

4. Geelhoed EA, Criddle A, Prince RL. (1994) The epidemiology of osteoporotic fracture and its causative factors. ClinBiochem Rev; 15:173–178.

5. Fisher JO, Mitchell DC, Smiciklas-Wright H, Mannino ML, Birch LL. (2004) Meeting calcium recommendations during middle childhood reflects mother-daughter beverage choices and predicts bone mineral status. Am J Clin Nutr; 79(4):698-706.

6. National Health and Medical Research Council. (2011) A review of the evidence to address targeted questions to inform the revision of the Australian dietary guidelines. Commonwealth of Australia: Canberra.