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Calcium and Your Child

By Mickey Mellen | January 20, 2011

Milk and other calcium-rich foods have always been a must-have in kids’ diets. After all, calcium is a key building block for strong, healthy bones. But more than 85% of girls and 60% of boys ages 9 to 18 fail to get the recommended 1,300 milligrams of calcium per day.

Click here for an article all about calcium and kids. You will find:

  • What calcium does
  • Good sources of calcium
  • Minding your milk
  • When kids can’t – or won’t – eat dairy
  • Kicking up the calcium
  • Caring about calcium
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