"Don't cry over skimmed milk.
City public-school students were spared 4.6 billion calories and 422 grams of fat last year by the replacement of whole milk with lower-fat options on school lunch menus, a new study has found.
This means that kids were offered 25 percent fewer calories and 81 percent less fat through school milk in 2009 compared with 2004, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study also put to rest fears that kids would simply drink less milk if they lacked the yummier whole-milk option.
Milk consumption per student rose 1.3 percent in the period."
City public-school students were spared 4.6 billion calories and 422 grams of fat last year by the replacement of whole milk with lower-fat options on school lunch menus, a new study has found.This means that kids were offered 25 percent fewer calories and 81 percent less fat through school milk in 2009 compared with 2004, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study also put to rest fears that kids would simply drink less milk if they lacked the yummier whole-milk option.
Milk consumption per student rose 1.3 percent in the period."
