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| ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509154435im_/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/images/spacer.gif) | How much calcium do kids need? Tweens and teens can get most of their daily calcium from: 3 cups of low-fat or fat-free milk (900 mg of calcium), AND Additional servings of calcium-rich foods to get the 1,300 mg of calcium necessary to build strong bones for life.
| 3 cups of low-fat or fat-free milk (900 mg of calcium) | + | additional servings of calcium-rich foods (400 mg of calcium) | ![line](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509154435im_/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/images/spacer.gif) | | 1,300 mg of calcium! |
Starting around age nine, young people need almost twice as much calcium as younger kids.
![Each glass of milk shown equals 300 mg of calcium.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509154435im_/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/prob/images/calcium_need_0a.jpg)
![From birth to 6 months of age, babies need 210 mg of calcium each day.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509154435im_/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/prob/images/calcium_need_01.jpg)
![From 6 months to 12 months of age, babies need 270 mg of calcium each day.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509154435im_/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/prob/images/calcium_need_02.jpg)
![From 1 to 3 years of age, children need 500 mg of calcium each day.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509154435im_/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/prob/images/calcium_need_03.jpg)
![From 4 to 8 years of age, children need 800 mg of calcium each day.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090509154435im_/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/prob/images/calcium_need_04.jpg)
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