Will you be switching your kids to skim/low fat milk?

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So it's recently come to my attention that there is new research indicating that kids who drink whole milk are leaner than kids who drink skim/low fat so I have decided to stick with the whole milk for my 2 year old. Anyone else going against the "recommended"?

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My daughter is 3 and is still on whole milk. A big part of the reason I didn't change over to a lower fat milk is because she's very small (under 30 pounds).
It could be that smaller kids are drinking whole milk because they're small and not that they're small because they are drinking whole milk.

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I’ve seen the same research and it’s not a very thoroughly conducted study, and really doesn’t address some very big questions, such as, ‘do parents whose children are underweight tend to keep them on whole milk longer to help them gain weight?’ It is an interesting find though, and other proponents suggest children need a lot of fat in their diet compared with adults and those who get their dietary fat from milk are less likely to consume other types of less-nutritious fats (chips, processed foods, etc). Definitely worth considering. 
There are also evidence based studies conducted by the AAP that show children given low-fat milk after turning two have lower LDL, so there’s an argument for both sides (as with most decisions in parenting, nothing is ever black and white)
However, that being said, we will have kids close in age and rather than buying two different milks for them, we’ll probably just stick to whole milk for both for a while, because fridge space is at a premium!

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We drink whole so that's what my daughter will be sticking with.

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I'll probably speak to his doctor to see what he recommends and also see what he prefers. I know I would only drink skim or 1% and to this day think whole feels too thick. Our milk man is great, and will accommodate whatever we end up ordering for the week :)

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The fat in milk helps digestion of it. Some people who thought they were lactose intolerant actually just shouldn’t have been drinking low fat milk.

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We do whole milk as a household, except my oldest daughter drinks skim due to high cholesterol.

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They need the fat while they’re little for brain development

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My son doesn’t like milk in general but he haaates whole milk. He tolerates 1% or skim  in his cereal so that’s what we have.

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My oldest switched to 1% around age 4 because that’s what we drink.

Will you be switching your kids to skim/low fat milk?

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