# Why is it so difficult to get whole milk in a hospital?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-get-whole-milk-in-a-hospital/683876>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 16, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-get-whole-milk-in-a-hospital/683876 "2014-03-16T23:21:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-get-whole-milk-in-a-hospital/683876/21 "2014-03-17T23:56:39Z")

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I dont have an answer to the OP but i do know (from experience) that, ironically, hospitals are just about the _last_ place you’ll find any sort of healthy food. Taco Bell is a huge step up from typical hspital fare. So i doubt the health ramifications have anything to do with the scarcity of whole milk inhospitals.

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