Low-fat diets might be fine for adults, but at least one small study suggests grown-ups using that approach for their families could be depriving young children of vitamins they need.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln nutrition scientist Judy Driskell said her study of preschool children in Lincoln found two-thirds lacked the recommended levels of vitamin E and were one-third short on vitamin C. "Parents are eating a lot of low-fat and non-fat products, and we're finding they also give their children such things as skim milk," Driskell said.