She focused on the benefits of dairy consumption and in particular how a dairy diet for children, in conjunction with high levels of fruit and vegetables, reduces blood pressure. She also looked at how protein insufficiency during pregnancy can programme a foetus to be obese, as the baby is prepared for survival in a protein-poor environment.
Professor Hiromi Ishida spoke on the role of milk as part of Japanese school lunches. In all, 1.8 billion bottles of milk were supplied in 2012 and calcium intake has increased by 150mg a day thanks to school milk provision. Dr Hiroko Kodama spoke on vitamin D deficiency. There has been an increase in rickets among Japanese children coordinating with a decrease in outside play and sunscreen use.
Katarina Erikson of Tetra Laval explained how 66 million children are given school milk across 55 countries through the global school milk programme. Graphs shown by Professor Nakasawa indicate change in growth of 10cm of children since the programme began.
Dr Judith Bryans looked at the results of the new survey involving the IDF and FAO and Tetra Laval networks. Topline data reveals concerning information that milk is consumed rather less among schoolchildren today than other drinks.
The most popular packaging format by some considerable margin is aseptic, followed by PET and cartons on a level. The research also revealed that dairy educational resources and sponsorships are good, but there is growing competition from other beverages. More data mining and analysis of this substantial report is under way.
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