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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.
The reverse is also possible, as parents of children who are overweight may choose to provide them with low fat milk, he added.
Childhood obesity in North America has tripled in the past 30 years. At the same time, children's consumption of whole cow's milk has halved over the same period.
Current guidelines from Health Canada and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend two servings of low fat milk (one per cent or two per cent) milk for children over the age of two to reduce the risk of childhood obesity.
Read more here. (CBC)
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.
The reverse is also possible, as parents of children who are overweight may choose to provide them with low fat milk, he added.
Childhood obesity in North America has tripled in the past 30 years. At the same time, children's consumption of whole cow's milk has halved over the same period.
Current guidelines from Health Canada and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend two servings of low fat milk (one per cent or two per cent) milk for children over the age of two to reduce the risk of childhood obesity.
Read more here. (CBC)