Public Health and Dietary Guidelines

President Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, overturning 2012 limits and allowing schools in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% milk alongside 1% and skim — including organic, flavored and lactose‑free options — and explicitly exempting milk fat from the federal saturated‑fat averaging requirement. The law also requires schools to offer nondairy milk alternatives when a parent (not just a doctor) provides a note, aligns with the new 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines’ emphasis on full‑fat dairy (prompting forthcoming USDA rulemaking on flavored milks), and drew praise from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and other officials.