For Health Professionals

Whether you are in a clinical setting seeing patients or working in the community to provide nutrition education, this section will give you the resources you need. Find the latest evidence-based dairy and nutrition research, nutrition education tools for your patients and clients, and links to our health professional partners.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a report on October 13, “Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency in Infants, Children, and Adolescents,” that doubles the amount of vitamin D the AAP recommends for infants, children, and adolescents to 400 IU per day.

 

Replacing sugar sweetened beverages with three servings of milk a day may result in greater lean body mass and increased height in children.

Diet is an important part of achieving and maintaining a healthy blood pressure. Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) is recommended to prevent and control high blood pressure.To view all tools, visit the Patient Tools section.

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