A new bill in Connecticut would ban day cares from serving whole and 2 percent milk to children in their care.
The bill, called An Act Concerning Nutrition Standards for Child Care Settings, wants to set unprecedented standards for what supporters say would fight childhood obesity. It was proposed by a trio of Democrat state lawmakers.
“No child day care center, group day care home or family day care home shall provide milk with a milk fat content greater than one per cent to any child two years of age or older under the care of such facility unless milk with a higher milk fat content is medically required for an individual child, as documented by such child’s medical provider,” the bill states.
The same bill also proposes:
- Giving whole or 2 percent milk only to children who have a medical need.
- No artificial sweeteners or juice for children under 8 months.
- No more than six ounces of juice per day for older kids.
- Only 100 percent juice to be given to children.
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