2% milk is easy to understand because its fat content is literally in the name. This milk retains 2% of its milk fat, which makes it lower in both saturated fat and calories than whole milk. 2% milk is often a popular compromise between whole milk and skim milk because it retains a lot of the creaminess of whole milk but has fewer calories.

Nutrition experts support the return of whole milk to schools, citing brain development benefits. Studies have linked higher milk fat to lower child obesity.

President Donald Trump passed a bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, allowing the nation's schools to offer whole milk and 2% milk, reversing Obama-era restrictions that limited options for students to fat-free or low-fat milk.

Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Trump signed a bill Wednesday overturning Obama-era limits on higher-fat milk options.

Legislators are working to bring milk choice back to schools, including more nutritious milk options such as whole and 2% milk. The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Tuesday morning on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act 2025, which would revise ...

The "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act" would allow schools to offer whole milk and 2% milk in addition to low-fat and fat-free options. Proponents of the bill argue that whole milk offers nutritional benefits and that dairy fat is different from other ...

Congress passes the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act with bipartisan support, rolling back Obama-era nutrition standards despite objections from health groups Whole and 2% milk is headed back to public school lunchrooms after a 12-year hiatus, following ...

At 152 calories and 8 grams of fat per cup, whole milk looks indulgent, but experts say the story doesn’t end there. Roxana Ehsani, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN Roxana Ehsani, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board-Certified Specialist ...

More than a dozen years after higher-fat milk was stripped from school meals to slow obesity in American kids and boost their health, momentum is growing to put it back. Federal lawmakers have revived bills that would allow whole and 2% milk to be served ...