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Real milk is the leading food source of nine nutrients in children 2-18 years of age, including calcium, vitamin D and potassium, and each 8 oz glass of milk provides 13 essential nutrients. Together, these nutrients fuel kids during their critical growth years and beyond.^1-2

Experts recommend including one cup of dairy in kids’ diets per day. That’s because decades of research and hundreds of scientific studies support the benefits of milk and milk’s nutrients—especially for growing kids.³

A growing body of research suggests that regularly drinking milk during the growing years (all the way through late teens/early 20s) is associated with greater height in the teen years, while research has linked regularly skipping milk to reduced height and increased fracture rates.^4-6