Compared with children of the same age who drank whole milk 20 years ago, many five-year-old children in Britain now have high blood lipids (a precursor of heart disease), which has attracted people's attention.

Dr. Rosemary Signet, head of nutrition at the British Food Standards Agency, said that children who grew up eating whole milk after the war were healthier and slimmer than today's children, because they participated in more sports activities and had less exposure to junk food.

In response to this situation, the British Food Standards Agency recently launched a campaign to appeal to parents to help their children stay away from foods with high saturated fat, such as whole milk, cheese, butter and red meat. Because the direct consequences of high saturated fat are often arteriosclerosis and heart disease, which leads to the death of nearly 70 thousand children every year.

According to Siegnet, the saturated fat content of ordinary whole milk and semi-skimmed milk is 3.5% and 65,438+0.5% respectively, and the saturated fat content of skimmed milk can be ignored. But their calcium content is the same, which can promote the growth of children's bones and teeth. She also called for healthy eating habits to be formed as early as possible. It is more beneficial for children over 2 years old to drink semi-skimmed milk or milk with fat content 1%.

However, a person from the British Dairy Association said that children over the age of two who have a comprehensive diet can choose semi-skimmed milk. But if they can't guarantee a normal diet, then they shouldn't give up whole milk.