Not exact matches
Each serving of Snack Pack is fortified with as
much calcium as an 8 - oz glass of milk, * so you can feel good about serving your
kids Snack Pack.
How
much calcium do your
kids need?
According to Ed's post, the Institutes of Medicine have cast doubt on how
much calcium and vitamin D our
kids really need, in conflict with the dairy industry's heavily promoted message that milk — even if it must be highly sweetened to get
kids to drink it — must be part of the school meal.
You may have to ask your pediatrician if your older child can take Tums or a
calcium chew with vitamin D, like Viactiv, if your
kids aren't getting
much calcium from other sources.
How
much calcium do
kids need each day?
Your
kids would be
much better off learning to avoid those types of high - calorie, high - fat foods with foods that are high in fiber, low in fat, and have
calcium, iron, and other vitamins and minerals, including these healthful foods that most
kids love.
Kids would be getting the
calcium we're so worried about (so
much so that we serve artificially colored and flavored milk with as
much sugar as a serving of ice cream) and presumably the higher calorie count would mean we don't need to serve the empty - calorie chocolate chip cake anymore.
Each serving of Snack Pack ® is fortified with as
much calcium as an 8 - ounce glass of milk, * so you can feel good about serving your
kids Snack Pack ®.
He also gets nearly 40 percent of the recommended amount of
calcium for 1 - to 3 - year - olds and 20 percent of the recommended amount of vitamin D. Considering how sunscreen - happy parents are these days,
kids probably need as
much vitamin D as they can get from their food.