Correct. In fact milk consumption is high in many places according to this chart http://chartsbin.com/view/1491 http://chartsbin.com/view/1491 These two claims

Correct. In fact milk consumption is high in many places according to this chart http://chartsbin.com/view/1491 http://chartsbin.com/view/1491 These two claims are not in conflict. Just like saying "People have been smoking for thousands of years and tobacco companies were normalizing nicotine addiction" aren't in conflict. They can both be true.* Milk advertisement surely isn't the only factor in dairy consumption. It focused for decades on persuading parents to give it to their children using nutritional claims. * - Also, I'm not using tobacco to imply a devious or malicious use by the milk industry or that their products are unhealthy. No. The two industries used many of the same marketing consultants in the mid-20th century and so ended up with similar campaigns ... that's really it.