-Livemint.com The latest findings add further evidence in support of policies that limit ultra-processed foods and instead promote eating unprocessed or minimally-processed foods to improve public health worldwide A new study have driven home the point that high intake of ultra-processed foods is associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, bowel (colorectal) cancer and death. The study, published in the journal The BMJ, informed that the latest findings add further evidence...
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
-Press release by FAO dated 6 July 2022 The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards in efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition Rome/New York: The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United...
More »Colour coding or star rating—FSSAI food labelling plan can trigger a new nutrition war -Sonal Matharu
-ThePrint.in The ground for front-of-pack-labelling in India was laid in 2010, when in response to a PIL, the Delhi High Court asked FSSAI to strictly regulate junk food. Shafali Mittal has had a strict ‘no junk food in the house’ rule. She should know — she has studied diet and nutrition. But ready-to-eat packed snacks with poor health labels are weakening her grip on what her two sons, aged 17 and 23,...
More »Nutrition of children hit during pandemic, says survey -Snehamoy Chakraborty
-The Telegraph The study, conducted throughout Bengal in September this year, found that the total number of children suffering from malnutrition stood at 6.70 lakh A recent survey by the women and child development department has revealed that the number of children suffering from malnutrition has increased twofold during the closure of ICDS (Integrated Child Development Scheme) centres following Covid-19, prompting the Bengal government to take urgent measures to ensure food supply...
More »Maternity entitlements are neglected in states like Jharkhand, M.P. and U.P., reveals JABS survey (2019)
The National Food Security Act 2013 guarantees maternity benefit to the tune of Rs. 6,000/- per child by the Central Government for pregnant women and lactating mothers, barring those who are already availing such benefits while being in regular employment with the Central Government or State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings or under other laws. The NFSA 2013 also legally guarantees free meals for every pregnant woman and lactating mother...
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