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TopicJunk food

Topic: Junk food

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

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.

JP Morgan CEO praises ‘tough leader’ Modi — ‘has taken 400 million people out of poverty’

Jamie Dimon also lauded India's Aadhaar recognition system, broad availability of banking services & country's 'unbelievable' education system & infrastructure.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.