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By Vincent Iannelli, M.D., About.com

About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Kate Grossman, MD

Milk is often thought of as an important part of a child's diet or more specifically, calcium and Vitamin D are important nutrients that kids need. To make sure that their kids drink milk, some parents resort to giving their kids chocolate milk.

In addition to flavoring regular 'white' milk with Nesquik Chocolate Powder and Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, other parents use products such as Ovaltine and Carnation Instant Breakfast Powder Drink Mix.

Background

While regular white milk is usually considered to be a healthy drink, adding chocolate flavoring usually adds extra sugar and calories.

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