Can Schools Save the Day?

ZISK
Jan 26
1 min read

For the past 13 years schools have been limited to only offering low fat options for milk served to students. The focus was shifted under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act which was Michelle Obama’s push for better nutrition in schools under the premise that low fat milk limited the calories served to students in order to fight childhood obesity. Last week, President Trump sported his milk mustache in a social media post declaring “Drink Whole Milk” as he signed the new bill named Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act which passed through Congress last fall.

This change comes directly after the revamping of the food pyramid, with the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines which focuses on whole foods and healthy fats, a change from the previous pyramid that limited fat consumption in a normal healthy diet. Nutrition experts have argued that the fat consumption in milk has no adverse effect on children’s health as the total calories in the student’s diet is such a low percentage that the nutritional benefits outweigh the increase in calories.

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