Chobani Recalls Moldy Yogurt; Fruits Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of this past week’s (August 31, 2013 through September 7, 2013) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes. 1. Chobani Recalls Moldy Yogurt Chobani founder, Hamdi, has written a letter to consumers which opens with “I’m sorry we let you down.” 2. Fruits Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Eating five servings of some whole fruits per month lowered the risk for developing Type 2 diabetes by 26%, finds new study. 3. New Definition Boosts Male Depression Rate Women are diagnosed with depression twice as often as men, by a rate of 20% to 10%, but when researchers include such behaviors as anger, aggression, risk-taking and substance abuse as symptoms of depression, men and women both have a 30% rate. http://www.clevelandstatecc.edu/talkgreen/viewthread/10650/

 4. Alaskan Mayor, Stubbs the Cat, Mauled by Dog Stubbs has occupied the mayor’s office at Talkeetna, Alaska for 16 years, and he’s not about to let a dog mauling get in his way. 5. Kids Should Get Flu Vaccine Now According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), now is the perfect time for kids to get their flu vaccines. 6. People Born to Obese Moms May Die Younger Babies born to women who were obese during pregnancy are 35% more likely to die for any reason by middle-age, and 29% more likely to be hospitalized for cardiovascular illnesses such as stroke and heart attack, than persons born to normal-weight women. 7. Overweight Women Can Learn Impulse Control Delayed gratification, or willpower, can be taught through behavioral interventions, says an obesity expert and researcher. 8. Exercise Intensity Matters More Than Duration Exercise intensity matters more than duration for preventing weight gain, find researchers from the University of Utah. 9. How Poverty Leads to Unhealthy Food Choices Low-income groups may make poor food choices, leading to overweight, not just because fattening foods are cheap, but because the simple mental strain of being poor reduces their cognitive function, causing them to make poor choices in general.http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/09/leo/intlblogday/forum/read.php?1,2273

10. SpaghettiOs with Meatballs Recalled Campbell’s Soup officials have decided to recall 1,920 cans of SpaghettiOs with Meatballs that have the label for Swanson’s 100 percent Natural Chicken Broth. 11. The Trend in U.S. Dieting: Plan-It-Yourself The trend in dieting is toward self-management and away from commercial plans. Of a total of some 108 million dieters, 82% followed free or low-cost do-it-yourself plans using the Net or diet books in 2012, significantly above the historic rate of 70%. - See more at:http://uchem.berkeley.edu/forum/read.php?26,500711