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. …
Melbourne: A new Australian study has found that pregnant rats who were fed a diet of junk food produced offsprings with a taste for sweet and salty treats, a research that can have implications for human beings as well. Even when fed a healthy diet after weaning, they continue to …
Junk food, in all its tasty and tempting forms, will soon be on its way out of school canteens. Taking cognisance of health problems faced by children, the Union health and family welfare ministry has asked schools to ban junk food and carbonated drinks, calling them ‘rich in calories but …
Labels on packaged foods may not always carry totally correct information, finds Saheli Mitra Do you know that a packet of instant noodles has over 60 per cent of your recommended daily salt intake or that a Happy Meal contains 90 per cent of your child's daily requirement of trans …
Bite into that burger, chug that cola, drizzle that honey at your own risk. The Centre for Science and Environment has for years played food sleuth, revealing unpalatable truths about what we consume. There's more to those bottles and jars filling our larders and refrigerators than what their labels say. …
It is not in the interest of food companies to advertise what their products contain, but it is in our interest to know Junk food is junk by its very definition. But how bad is it and what is it that companies do not tell people about this food? This …
Amritsar: New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releasing negative results in March after testing 16 major food brands, including Nestle's Maggi noodles, McDonald's, KFC, Haldiram's aloo bhujia and PepsiCo's Lays potato chips, has not resulted in any decline in the footfall at junk food outlets nor there is …
LUCKNOW: The higher education directorate on Wednesday circulated government of India advisory on discouraging consumption of junk food among students in higher education institutions. The circular was issued to all state universities in UP asking them to ensure that the advisory is implemented not only on campuses but also in …
AHMEDABAD: A fund for public health should be created by levying specific taxes on tobacco, alcohol, petrol and junk foods, believes Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) faculty Dileep Mavalankar. "Taxes should also be levied on any food item that has more than 10% sugar or fat and has high …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which took up cudgels against the health hazards due to junk food has hailed the UP governments decision to put an immediate ban on its sale within the premises and outside ICSE, CBSE and UP Board schools. “It is a significant and laudable …
Children used to feasting on burgers, chips, colas and instant noodles will now be in distress. The UP government has sent a letter to all schools — ICSE, CBSE as well as UP Board — to ban sale of junk food within their premises and outside it with immediate effect. …
Junk food term refers to fast foods which are easy to make and quick to consume. They are zero in nutritional value and often high in fat, salt, sugar, and/or calories. Common junk foods include salted snack foods, fried fast food, and carbonated drinks. Junk Food has become a major …
Public Interest Litigation in Delhi High Court to ban junk food and carbonated drinks in the schools and also for its sell within a radius of 500 yards. http://www.udayfoundationindia.org/petition-in-delhi-high-court-to-ban-junk-food-and-carbonated-drinks-in-schools/
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasing in urban India. Overweight in adolescence is a marker of overweight in adult age, and it shows an association with the above diseases. There have been meagre data from India on the prevalence of childhood obesity. The objective …
In India Tulika Verma is on a mission to ban junk food from Delhi’s schools – where over one in six schoolchildren are overweight. Western-style diets and processed food are becoming ever more popular in India’s cities, while traditional, healthy, sustainable foods are being forgotten. India’s on the edge of …
Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have joined the list of states that have banned Maggi noodles. But shouldn’t the debate go beyond Maggi and ask a fundamental question: how safe is the food we eat? We debate. http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/why-just-maggi-is-the-food-we-eat-safe/369954
Nestle India has approached the Uttarakahand High Court against the state government's 3-month ban on Maggi. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/video/nestle-ceo-defence-maggi-government-orders-recall-of-9-variants/1/442534.html
Big Debate: Is Maggi being targeted? The debate is being moderated by Neha Panth. It had the following panelists:Sambit Patra (BJP)Amiben Yagnik (Congress)Amit Khurrana (CSE)Rahul Verma (Uday foundation)Sriram Khanna (Consumer Worker) Deepak Sharma.
On THE NEWSHOUR, TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, and panelists -- Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment; Dr Mickey Mehta, Holistic Health Guru; P Rajeev, Leader, CPI; Zorawar Kalra, Founder & Managing Director Massive Restaurants Pvt Ltd; Sunil Alagh, Chairman, SKA Advisors and Bejon Misra, Consumer Policy Expert …
