WASHINGTON (KCRG) – Schools across the U.S. may provide whole milk and two percent milk for students in the near future.
This comes as milk consumption in young Americans has decreased.
A U.S. Senate Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act”.
This bill would allow all kinds of milk, from whole to skim, in schools.
In 2012, whole milk and two percent milk were removed from schools due to their higher saturated fat and increased calorie content.
Tuesday’s hearing highlighted the benefits and importance of getting more kids to drink milk.
“There is data to show the most commonly consumed forms of dairy. We do see that reduced fat milk is the most commonly consumed, followed by whole, followed by low fat and skim milk.” said USDA Director of Nutrition Guidance and Analysis, Dr. Eve Stoody. “But across all types of milk, consumption is too low.”
Several groups, including the American Heart Association, oppose the bill.
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