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10.01.2013 15:24:03

One of the most important events of the year in the life of the Association of Dairy Producers of Ukraine (ADPU) was the decision of daily free provision of junior pupils with quality milk. Social Program «Milk to children!» was launched on October 1, 2012. About the way of milk to school and prospects of program development, the president of the ADPU Andrii Dykun told us.

— Andrii Yevhenovych, what prompted ADPU resolutely return milk into Ukrainian schools?

— The main reason was our concern about the health of Ukrainian children. Many of them have the disease, which until recently were called the diseases of old age. Osteoporosis, diseases of the cardiovascular system, gastritis, gastric ulcers, decreased efficiency and bad memory, fatigue, irritability and hyper-restlessness, and this is not all the list. I’m a father and I’m very concerned about the question: why Ukrainian children, the future of our country at a young age have a whole bouquet of diseases? This is the answer: exertion that children have in modern school, stress, bad and unbalanced diet are subordinate to mode of teaching — that’s what makes Ukrainian pupils regular visitors of clinics and hospitals. Even 20-25 years ago, kids’ health was much better. But we cannot say that in Soviet times school exertion and stress were smaller. What’s the matter? True, in the diet. In Soviet schools each child drank milk every day. It was one of the determining factors of healthy nutrition of the pupils. Long-term observations and scientific studies prove the undeniable value of milk and dairy products. And now pupils don’t consume the whole spectrum of nutrients they need (especially calcium and vitamin D and B). Not the least role in unhealthy diet play predominance in stores of various carbonated and energy drinks, snacks, sweets with an incredible amount of «chemistry». Therefore, the Association of Dairy Producers decided to change this situation for the best methods available to it, and launched a social program «Milk to children!». The program involves pupils with daily 150 ml of free school milk. You know that 150 ml of milk provides more than half the daily needs of children in vitamins and contain 40% of the daily requirement of calcium.

— In which regions of Ukraine program operates?

— What was the reaction of children and parents?

— Are there any obstacles to the implementation of the program?

— Are the processors to join the project and what would be their contribution?

— How to develop a program in 2013?

— Will the state support the program?

Look for the answers to following questions in the magazine «Milk and Farm» № 6 (13), December 2012

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