Is it ok to give fat free yoghurt and skimmed milk to a 4yo?

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dd doesnt seem to notice the difference so surely is best? She tends towards slight podginess despite eating very healthily (like me grrrr) so I can't help but think it would be good.

Is there any reason why not?

No they need the fat at that age. It's the chocolate sweets cakes and biscuits that make them fat.

she eats no chocolate, hardly any cakes/biscs etc
She is not fat by any means but she has inhertied dh and my frames ie fairly heavyset and I think that introducing these things early must be good, surely?

whats the rest of her diet like? i think they are supposed to have full fat dairy til they're at least 5.

i think they actually need a certain amountof cholesterol until about 5 or six, but to be honest if she eats meat and cheese, I wouldn't worry too much about what sort of yoghurt she has! I would givwe semiskimmed milk until sh is t least 5 though.

hmm she has had semi skimmed milk for a while now

need it for brain development.

she eats plenty of cheese, eggs, fish, fruit, veg, rice, pasta, spuds etc. Some meat but not loads

And nuts, seeds, raisins etc

oh yes is plain organic

I don't think it is harmful, it is more a question of why it would be necessary. If your DD is eating a healthy balanced diet with junk in moderation and runs about the way 4 year olds do, then any "podginess" would probably just be puppy fat. She could be saving it up for a growth spurt!
Full fat milk is only 4% fat in any event so it isn't as bad as a whole load of other things.

she doesn't even really drink a lot of milk any more

it's ok to be a slightly podgy 4 year old isn't it?

Oh, and fat free yogurt is often full of sugar. I'd rather have the fat.

oh yes it is

I just don't want her to be a porker! It is more that at the moment she doestn notice the diff so to give her those would get her into good habits iykwim

No no she has PLAIN yoghurt not that crap with sugar and sweetners¬

ok thanks that's great

the fsa say semi-skimmed from 2 and skimmed from 5 as long as they are eating a generally good diet.

and the yoghurt?

She LOVES yoghurt, I do put fruit or honey in it sometimes if she wants it. Should I keep buying full fat?

oh no she gets plenty of fatty stuff

She is a cheese fiend
She loves bacon, eggs, crisps, chips etc

I really was thinking more towards the getting into good habits early on, like wholemeal bread and natural yoghurt and no sugar on cereals etc. I do really think that if you are brought up on stuff like that it sticks.