Cow’s milk fat and child adiposity: a prospective cohort study

International guidelines recommend children aged 9 months to 2 years consume whole (3.25%) fat cow's milk, and children older than age 2 years consume reduced (0.1-2%) fat cow's milk to prevent obesity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the longitudinal relationship between cow's milk fat (0.1-3.25%) intake and body mass index z-score (zBMI) in childhood. We hypothesized that higher cow's milk fat intake was associated with lower...