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TopicJunk food

Topic: Junk food

FSSAI to adopt ICMR nutrition norms for defining food high in fat, sugar, salt on front-of-pack labels

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.

Law on junk food ads? Delhi think tank says ‘misleading claims’ on packaged food hide health risks

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.

Seeing someone eat junk food can help you lose weight. Here’s how

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.

Different kinds of labels on food packs affect your junk-food buying decisions, finds survey

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.

Overeating can affect your ability to fulfil social, work or family roles

People who struggle with addictive eating may have intense cravings, which don’t relate to hunger, and feelings of withdrawal.

SRK, Salman, Kohli… Unlike Ronaldo, Indian celebs have endorsed junk food for years

Tobacco, cigarettes, soft drinks, junk food — Bollywood actors and Indian sports personalities have never shied away from appearing in advertisements for unhealthy items.

As study flags ‘unhealthy’ McDonald’s & Subway, food authority says law takes its own time

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.

Your child’s burger-and-Netflix binge has India on the edge of a crisis

A quarter of patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity-associated diseases were overweight as children, a study has found.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.