Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
'I'm Huuungry': After-Day Care Snacks Tend To Be Unhealthy, Study Finds
Kids eat fewer healthy foods and take in 22 percent of their day鈥檚 added sugar intake in the single hour after they鈥檙e picked up from child care, a recent study found. The analysis looked at children鈥檚 food consumption during two periods that can be among the most stressful for caregivers and kids 鈥 the transition between home and day care. (Blakemore, 5/5)
According to a news release from the company, the products are being recalled "out of an abundance of caution" because they have the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Hormel says the recall impacts two retailers in five states, and that there have been no reports of illness related to this recall to date. (Hauari, 5/6)
Sharp-eyed grocery shoppers may notice new labels in the dairy aisle touting yogurt as way to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. That鈥檚 because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently said it鈥檚 OK for producers of yogurt to make that claim 鈥 even though the agency acknowledged that it鈥檚 based on limited evidence. (Aleccia, 5/6)
麻豆女优 Health News: What鈥檚 Keeping The US From Allowing Better Sunscreens?
When dermatologist Adewole 鈥淎de鈥 Adamson sees people spritzing sunscreen as if it鈥檚 cologne at the pool where he lives in Austin, Texas, he wants to intervene. 鈥淢y wife says I shouldn鈥檛,鈥 he said, 鈥渆ven though most people rarely use enough sunscreen.鈥 At issue is not just whether people are using enough sunscreen, but what ingredients are in it. (Scaturro, 5/7)