Do We Have It Backward On Giving Kids Low Fat Milk Instead Of Whole?

Children who drank whole milk tended to be leaner than those who drank low fat or skim milk, a study by Toronto researchers has found.

The new findings, published in Wednesday's online issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest a need to take a closer look at those guidelines, said study author Dr. Jonathon Maguire, a pediatrician at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

"If you don't get fat from someplace, then you take energy from somewhere else, and it may be that children who are receiving reduced fat milk seek foods that are higher in caloric density, and maybe that's why they're a bit bigger," Maguire said in an interview.

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