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More Milk, More Weight Gain, Says Study Jim Meyers, NewsMax.comDespite the dairy industry's claim that milk helps people lose weight, a new study shows that children who drink the most milk are more apt to become overweight. The study involving more than 12,000 children found that those consuming more than three servings of milk daily were about 35 percent more likely to become overweight than those who drank one or two servings. Story Continues Below "Drinking high amounts of milk will not magically cause weight loss," said lead researcher Catherine Berkey of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "The message is that children should not be drinking milk as a means of losing weight or trying to control weight." The National Dairy Council has spent $200 million since 2003 to promote milk as an aid to weight loss, according to the Washington Post. Some studies have suggested that calcium or other elements in milk may cause the body to make less fat and speed its elimination. Two studies by Lynn Moore, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University, indicated that milk consumption doesn't promote weight gain. But overall, studies have produced mixed results. The new Harvard research comes amid growing concern about obesity among American children - the number of young people who are overweight has tripled since 1980. Some experts have pointed to sugared soft drinks as a major culprit, leading some parents to encourage their children to drink milk instead. But Berkey said: "Our findings do not suggest that if children replace beverages sweetened with sugar with milk they would reduce their body weight." Interestingly, her study found the children who drank more milk gained weight even if they were drinking low-fat milk. The National Dairy Council disputed that the new study undermined its advertising campaign, saying its ads claim only that adults may lose more weight if they drink milk while cutting calories. "Our message has always been very conservative – that three servings a day as part of a reduced-calorie diet may help promote weight loss," said Council spokeswomen Isabel Maples. "Most children don't even get one serving a day." Berkey said children should follow federal recommendations and consume two to three servings of dairy a day – and no more.
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