HEALTHY TIDBIT #2 A recent study published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, reports that kids drinking lowfat milk tend to be heavier than those drinking whole milk. Skim milk drinking kids were found to be the fattest of all. It seems this misguided pediatric advice is producing the exact opposite of what was intended. This study of 10,700 preschoolers involved interviewing the parents when the children were 2 years old and again at 4 years old. Dr. DeBoer (co-author of the study) speculated that if you feel fuller after drinking full fat milk, “it may be protective if the other food options are high in calories.” In other words, drinking a glass of whole milk for dinner instead of lowfat or skim milk may prevent a child from eating an extra cookie or two later. Take home lesson for parents? Give your kids whole milk like Grandma and Grandpa did.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:35:00 +0000
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