The survey tracked the long-term health of a population of American kids born in 2001, and the researchers interviewed the caregivers and parents of the kids when they were 2 and again when they were 4 about what kind of milk the kids drank: skim, 1% semi-skimmed milk, 2% milk, full fat milk or soy.

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Their milk boasts a higher fat and protein content which can be used for cheese, skimmed milk powder and other high-fat products.

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She asserted that if she were to choose to give her (as yet unborn) children milk, she would only give them whole milk because it was less processed, or in other words, more natural, than part-skimmed or totally skimmed milk.

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One friend, a personal trainer, thought that skimmed milk contained chemicals for preservation purposes.

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The Commission plans to extend EU special purchases of butter and skimmed milk powder to at least February next year, to help farmers.

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