In fact, after adjusting for the effect of the other beverages, 14% of the heavier 2-year-olds drank 1% milk compared to 9% of normal-weight youngsters, and 16% of the overweight or obese 4-year-olds drank the 2% milk compared to 13% of the normal-weight 4-year-olds.

CNN: Drinking skim milk may not lower child obesity risk

Even more puzzling, when DeBoer analyzed how choice of milk might be affecting weight over time, he found that children who were normal weight at the start of the study and consistently drank the 1% milk showed a 57% increased chance of becoming overweight or obese by the they were 4.

CNN: Drinking skim milk may not lower child obesity risk

But the data on normal-weight 2-year-olds who drank 1% milk and still gained weight contradicts this idea.

CNN: Drinking skim milk may not lower child obesity risk

But it wasn't the normal-weight children who were drinking the most skim or 1% fat milk.

CNN: Drinking skim milk may not lower child obesity risk