2% milk is easy to understand because its fat content is literally in the name. This milk retains 2% of its milk fat, which ...

Once your child is old enough to drink milk, how do you know whether to choose whole milk or 2% milk? Learn what the experts say. Parents know that cow's milk is a healthy drink for most kids. But ...

Legislators are working to bring milk choice back to schools, including more nutritious milk options such as whole and 2% milk. The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Tuesday morning on the ...

The "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act" would allow schools to offer whole milk and 2% milk in addition to low-fat and fat-free options. Proponents of the bill argue that whole milk offers nutritional ...

More than a dozen years after higher-fat milk was stripped from school meals to slow obesity in American kids and boost their health, momentum is growing to put it back. Federal lawmakers have revived ...

The dairy aisle presents a dizzying array of milk options these days, from fat-free to ultra-filtered and everything in between. Yet despite years of health experts recommending low-fat varieties, ...

Got milk? If you find yourself in a school cafeteria, you have two options: skim or low-fat. Whole and 2% reduced fat milk have been unavailable in schools nationwide since 2012 because of a federal ...

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At 152 calories and 8 grams of fat per cup, whole milk looks indulgent, but experts say the story doesn’t end there. Whole milk has regained attention as lawmakers and health officials consider ...

“The main differences between low-fat and full-fat milk are fat content and calories,” says Lynn Brann, PhD, RDN, an associate professor of nutrition and food studies at Syracuse University in New ...