ICMR-NIN Dietary Guidelines for Indians 2024 term HFSS foods as those prepared with excessive fats, sugar or salt. Scientific panel giving final shape to food regulator’s labelling policy.
Report by Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest (NAPi), titled ‘THE JUNK PUSH: Rising Ultra-processed Food Consumption in India - Policy, Politics and Reality’, released Friday.
The mere sight of someone being hit by a hammer will fire up our brain's neural networks associated with pain. Such effects also extend to food consumption.
Survey, conducted by National Institute of Nutrition across five cities, shows most consumers in India don’t look for nutritional value of a product, but just brand name and expiry date.
Tobacco, cigarettes, soft drinks, junk food — Bollywood actors and Indian sports personalities have never shied away from appearing in advertisements for unhealthy items.
Pawan Agarwal, CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, told ThePrint the due process to notify the draft of Food Safety Standards Regulations is on.
A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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