title: New School Meal Regulations and Consumption of Flavored Milk in Ten US Elementary Schools, 2010 and 2013.
abstract: Milk is a source of shortfall nutrients in children's diets, but most children do not consume recommended amounts. We measured consumption of milk by elementary-schoolchildren (grades 3-5) in a diverse sample of schools before and after implementation of the US Department of Agriculture's updated meal regulations requiring flavored milk to be fat-free. Flavored milk consumption did not change from 2010 to 2013; 52.2% of students in 2010 and 49.7% in 2013 consumed 7 ounces or more of an 8-ounce container. Updated regulations succeeded in lowering the amount of fat, added sugars, and calories in school milk but did not change overall milk consumption, thus improving children's diet quality.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, 353 Carrigan Wing, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. Email: byon@uvm.edu.
authors.forename: Bethany A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Yon
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, and Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.
authors.forename: Rachel K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D005421:Flavoring Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals / Q000145:classification; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry / Q000592:standards; D018673:Nutrition Policy / Q000639:trends*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012574:Schools / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D005421:Flavoring Agents