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Food safety: Need of the hour

June 7, 2021 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

An outdoor eatery in Pushkar. The Food Safety and Standards of India will now make it mandatory for food vendors to display food hygiene ratings. Image credit: Pierre-jean DURIEU / 123rf

Narendra Singh Tomar has issued a call for food safety on the occasion of World Food Safety Day. Tomar, the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Union Cabinet, highlighted that “the current global pandemic has drawn our attention to issues related to food security such as sanitation, antimicrobial resistance, climate […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Stories, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: climate change, diet, environment, food, food poisoning, food safety, FSSAI, hygiene, infrastructure, malnutrition, nutrition, sanitation, World Food Safety Day

Starvation continues to ravage India

May 28, 2021 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

children. School children having mid-day meal in school, Radhu Khandu Village, Sikkim, India. Image credit: Keith Levit / 123rf. Hunger starvation concept.

India is a country of contrasts. One such contrast is the fact that it is one of the world’s largest food producers – and home to one quarter of the world’s peoples afflicted by starvation. This scenario is rooted in inequality. According to the World Food Programme, “in the last two decades, per capita income […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Stories, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: child health, diet, diet and nutrition, food, hunger, malnutrition, stunting, undernourishment, wasting, World Hunger Day

Trans fats in Government’s crosshairs

November 4, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Healthy food concept. Food poisoning. Trans fats concept. Credit: 123rf

The Union Government has trans fats in its sights, as reports indicate the Narendra Modi administration intends to outline regulations this month. Per a report published by The Print, “to reduce incidence of heart ailments, the Narendra Modi government is likely to roll out regulations for limiting trans fatty acids (TFA) or trans fats in […]

Filed Under: Noncommunicable diseases, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: diet, diet and nutrition, food, heart disease, heart health, trans fats

Can diet remedy India’s health woes?

January 2, 2020 By Nicholas Parry 1 Comment

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Diet plays a major role in the health of a nation. In India, considerable rates of malnutrition – both in terms of undernourishment and unhealthy diets leading to overweight and obesity – affect children well into adulthood. Could a focus on diet by the centre be India’s remedy to its numerous health issues? “The right […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured, Government policy, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: diet, food

Junk food in schools off the menu

November 12, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

assorted fast food,junk food. 123rf.com. Image credit: margouillat / 123rf. Caption: Trans fat levels in India's foods are to drop dramatically by 2022 as part of a plan to eliminate them from Indians' diets.

Soon, junk food will no longer be sold in schools. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has moved to prohibit the sale of junk food in school canteens against the backdrop of a growing crisis of childhood obesity in the country. By 2030, India is expected to be home to 27 million […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Stories, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: childhood obesity, diabetes, diet, diet and nutrition, food, hypertension, malnourishment, malnutrition, noncommunicable diseases, obesity, schools, western diet

Eat Right India: Government push for a more nutritious society

September 7, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Healthy food concept. Food poisoning. Trans fats concept. Credit: 123rf

A major campaign to improve nutrition in India has been launched, as the Centre tells the country it’s high time to start eating right with the launch of the Eat Right India movement.  “The ‘Green Good Deeds’, a campaign to protect [the] environment and promote healthy living, has found global acceptance, and the ‘Eat Right […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Story, Government policy, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: diet, diet and nutrition, government policy, Harsh Vardhan, malnutrition, nutrition, obesity

The health crisis in India’s food

August 22, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

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Food and drink sold in India is among the unhealthiest in the world, research suggests. Could this add to the already substantial crisis of obesity and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)? The research, published in the journal Obesity Reviews, looked at twelve countries – Australia, Canada, Chile, China, India, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa, […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: childhood obesity, diet, food, noncommunicable diseases, obesity

Turn away from trans fats, but don’t look to palm oil

May 24, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

palm oil. A palm oil plantation. Image credit: Mohd Hairul Fiza Musa / 123rf

The steps taken by the World Health Organization (Who) to eliminate trans fats from our global food supply are important. However, a key piece of the conversation is missing. What are the alternatives? Trans fats are bad for our health: the WHO reminded us this week that five billion people worldwide are exposed to the […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Environmental health, Featured Stories, International, National, Social issues Tagged With: agriculture, diet, diet and nutrition, environment, food, heart disease, nutrition

Too much salt is an enemy you need to control and defeat

May 9, 2019 By Vertika Kanaujia Leave a Comment

Copyright: ricardoclick / 123RF Stock Photo. Salt awareness concept.

First, it is important to understand the dangers associated with too much salt and to what extent we are exposed to the risks. A recent study conducted by the George Institute of Global Health, India concludes that “salt intake in India is double [the] WHO prescribed limit of 5gm per day.” Indians consume 9.08 gm […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Noncommunicable diseases, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: diet, diet and nutrition, heart disease, hypertension, noncommunicable diseases, salt

Why your eating habits matter for your health

April 9, 2019 By Vertika Kanaujia Leave a Comment

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In 2017, one in every five deaths globally was due to poor eating habits according to a recent report published in The Lancet. “This study affirms that poor diet is responsible for more deaths than any other risk factor in the world,” author Dr Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Story, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: diet, diet and nutrition, lifestyle, lifestyle disease, western diet

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