Trade in processed food
Access to safe and nutritious food is essential for good health and is linked to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 2: Zero Hunger
Processed Foods
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Sugar: spinning a web of influence
<p>An investigation by The BMJ has uncovered evidence of the extraordinary extent to which key public health experts are involved with the sugar industry and related companies responsible for many of the
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NSSO survey reveals rising trend in fat intake across rural and urban India
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/fried_food.jpg" style="width: 270px; height:200px; margin: 14px; float: left;" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/nutritional%20intake%20in%20India%202011-12.pdf"
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Non-communicable disease and development: future pathways
From a biomedical perspective, non-communicable disease (NCD) is not a new problem, particularly in the global North. However, awareness of the increasing burden from these conditions in low- and middle-income
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Level and pattern of household consumer expenditure in Delhi (July 2011 – June 2012)
The present report on “Level and Pattern of Household Consumer Expenditure in Delhi” is brought out by this Directorate on the basis of sample survey conducted under the NSS 68th Round (July 2011 – June
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How much is too much?: excess vitamins and minerals in food can harm Kids’ health
According to this new report released by Environmental Working Group (EWG), half of American kids age eight and younger consume potentially harmful amounts of vitamin A, zinc and niacin because of excessive food fortification, outdated nutritional labeling rules and misleading marketing tactics used by food manufacturers. Read full text.
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Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among US adults
<p>Epidemiologic studies have suggested that higher intake of added sugar is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/food_security_2018.pdf"
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Cultivation of genetically modified food crops: prospects and effects - Standing Committee on Agriculture (2013-2014)
This Report of the Committee on Agriculture deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Thirty-seventh Report of the Committee on Agriculture (2012-2013) on "Cultivation
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Level and pattern of consumer expenditure 2011-12
This report presents the estimates pertaining to various facets of household consumer expenditure at National and State levels. The report not only gives rural and urban averages of Monthly Per Capita
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Notification regarding regulation of GM processed foods
Notification No. S.O.1519(E) dated 23rd August, 2007 is kept in abeyance for a period of six months i.e. upto 31st March, 2014 or until issue of further notification by the Ministry of Health & Family
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Saffolalife study reveals that 71% Delhites are at high cardiovascular disease risk
The Saffolalife Study 2013, India’s largest study on risk factors precipitating heart disease, found that more than 70% of 1.86 lakh urban Indian respondents are at cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. When