Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an …
Are reforms really on hold or was it just 'poor packaging'? Has the era of 'big policy in a suitcase' ended? Are we back to the '80s? Pranab Mukherjee's 'holding budget' leaves its flanks open. Precept And Practice: UPA Reforms Agenda What was announced in Budget
According to a small band of researchers, using the information on food labels to estimate calorie intake could be a very bad idea. They argue that calorie estimates on food labels are based on flawed and outdated science, and provide misleading information on how much energy your body will actually …
With obesity rising across the developed world, you'd think the revelation that food labels get their calorie content wrong would lead to an outcry and calls for a change. Well, you would be wrong. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) looked at the issue a few years ago and …
Dubious vitamin drive: A committee investigating reports of deaths and illnesses following a nationwide campaign promoting vitamin A and de-worming medicines in Bangladesh said the tablets were safe. The government had launched the investigation after two children died and 400 fell sick soon after consuming the tablets. Some 20 million …
A UNICEF-supported project on behaviour change communication and child development and nutrition, implemented by the North East Diocesan Social Forum (NEDSF) and visualised as a situational need, has won the confidence of different communities concentrated in three districts of the State namely Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Goalpara. This project undertaken with …
To Adopt Common Nutritional Labelling Standards To Address Health Awareness Kala Vijayraghavan & Ratna Bhushan MUMBAI | DELHI INDIAN subsidiaries of global food and beverage companies such as Unilever, Kellogg, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and ConAgra are planning to adopt common nutritional labelling standards to address growing health awareness and concerns about …
Pune The scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI ) and researchers of KEM hospital have found out in their study that seasonal energy stress among pregnant rural women has direct effect on the birth weight of their foetus. How a dry or wet season would change the diet of a …
Along with the existing problem of underweight, overweight in children is increasing in the developing world. However, there is little information on its magnitude and pattern in the Indian context. The author's aimed to study the pattern and correlates of overweight in Indian children and adolescents.
This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production. The empirical results show that accumulation of biological human capital prior to a disaster helps children maintain investments during the post-disaster period. Biological human capital formed in early childhood …
The global aid architecture in health has changed over the past decade, with the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and a major expansion of the levels and sources of development assistance, particularly for low-income countries. While key health outcomes such as infant survival and nutritional stunting have improved …
Cardiovascular risk factors start early, track through the young age and manifest in middle age in most societies. The authors conducted epidemiological studies to determine prevalence and age-specific trends in cardiovascular risk factors among adolescent and young urban Asian Indians.
Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide levels and more drought, Australian scientists say. The findings, presented on Monday at a conference in Glasgow, Scotland, underscored the need to develop climate-change-resistant cultivars …
Talking Cash * Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar: Self-employment through a mix of subsidy and bank credit. * NREGS: Wages deposited in bank/post office according to employment days. Indira Awas: Rs 35,000 given in cash instalments to build a house. * Janani Swasth: Cash to mother on discharge from hospital post-delivery. * …
