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. …
A former engineer at DuPont has claimed that for two decades the chemicals company concealed test results showing leaching of toxic chemicals from a paper coating used to give grease resistance to paper for things like popcorn bags, candy wrappers and pizza box liners. This allegation has come from Glenn …
You are what you eat: nothing typifies the phrase more aptly than a fast food chomping urban denizen of a developed nation. The us, particularly, was overwhelmed by fast food culture after World War ii. The country's post-war prosperity was built on people working long hours; as a result, they …
A lawsuit demanding warning labels on packets of French fries and potato chips, believed to contain high amounts of the chemical acrylamide, has been filed in a Los Angeles Superior Court in the US. Acrylamide is a carcinogenic chemical created when foods high in starch are subjected to high temperatures. …
Asbestos crimes: In an exemplary verdict in the US, seven present and former executives of WR Grace & Company, an asbestos firm, were recently indicted for a 26-year conspiracy. They were charged with hiding from the company's workers, their families and other people the fact that the vermiculite mined in …
Mcdonald's in danger: The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled on January 25, 2005, that the two teenagers who had filed a case against fast food giant McDonald's Corporation (Illinois) in 2003, blaming it for their obesity, were entitled to move forward with the lawsuit. The …
On May 18, 2004, when governments of 192 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries gather at Geneva for the world health assembly, one Mrs Sharma in one town, Jabalpur perhaps, will be making her way purposefully to the new swanky fast food joint in Sadar Bazar. As she delightfully feeds …
WHO has time and again said that the strategy is based on scientific evidence, successful campaigns against NCDs in several countries and on recommendations from health and nutrition experts from across the globe. But the sugar and food industry and their lobbyists have tried to discredit the strategy by saying …
Obesity has become a worldwide concern because people in each and every nation are falling prey to it. WHO defines obesity as a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30 kg/m2 and overweight as a BMI of at least 25 kg/m2 (BMI is calculated by weight in kg divided …
Struggling with non-communicable diseases, the WHO and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) set up a study group in January 2002 to discuss the problem with health and agriculture experts. The result was TRS 916, a technical report. It says that calories from sugar should form 10 per cent of the …
Bbc The British Broadcasting Corporation (bbc) has announced that it would phase out ties between its popular children's television characters and fatty snack foods. Fimbles shortcake, Teletubbies chocolate bars and Tweenies chocolate treats are to be replaced with healthier products, such as yogurt, dried fruit and shaped pasta. The bbc, …
the uk is seriously considering slapping a tax on fatty food. A recent document brought out by Prime Minister Tony Blair's strategy unit observes that taxing unhealthy food might work as a "signal to society', helping people make the right choices. If imposed, the tax would affect the prices of …
