For those who love dairy but find it doesn’t love them back, there’s promising news. A study published in the Journal of the ...

Federal lawmakers have revived bills that would allow whole and 2% milk to be served again in schools, in addition to the skim and low-fat milk mandated since 2012. A U.S. Senate committee hosted ...

One of my first jobs as a registered dietitian was with the School Food Service Program in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I helped ...

Since 2012, whole and reduced-fat (2%) milk has been banned from school meals due to saturated fat and calorie content, according to The Associated Press. Matt Herrick, International Dairy Foods ...

This bill would allow schools to once again provide children with a wide variety of milk options that they will drink and that meet their individual needs—whether that be whole and 2%, low-fat ...

You may no longer have a glass of cold milk with each meal, but mom was right about one thing: dairy foods offer a bounty of health benefits (just make sure to choose low-fat this time around).

That was before 2012 when Congress passed legislation to eliminate whole and reduced-fat (2%) milk in school meals. The intent was admirable — to reduce obesity and other health risks in kids by ...