Low dairy consumption in Iran sets off alarm bells

Over the past few years, dairy consumption in Iran has dropped by 28% to a critical level of 60 kg per capita, Ali Asghar Mohammadpour, CEO of Iran Milk Industries, outlined during a press conference in Tehran. A sharp drop in per capita dairy consumption in the country threatens to become a real problem. The average age in Iran of the first signs of osteoporosis is 42 years old, Mohammadpour said. Some other diseases associated with insufficient dairy consumption are also becoming more commo