Last updated on: 7/10/2013 | Author: ProCon.org

1997 – Harvard Study on Milk and Bone Health Released

Harvard School of Public Health doctors published a study in the American Journal of Public Health titled “Milk, Dietary Calcium, and Bone Fractures in Women: A 12-Year Prospective Study.”

The study investigated whether higher intakes of milk and other high calcium foods during adulthood could reduce the risk of osteoporosis and related bone fractures.

The study found that high intakes of milk (two or more glasses a day over a 12-year period) did not reduce the incidence of osteoporosis and related bone fractures.