Information concerning the adequacy of bone mineralization in children who customarily avoid drinking cow milk is sparse.Objective: The objective was to evaluate dietary calcium intakes, anthropometric measures, and bone health in prepubertal children with a history of long-term milk avoidance.We recruited 50 milk avoiders (30 girls, 20 boys) aged 3–10 y by advertisement. We measured current dietary calcium intakes with a food-frequency questionnaire and body composition and bone mineral density with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and compared the results with those of 200 milk-drinking control children........click for more

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