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TopicSugar consumption

Topic: Sugar consumption

CBSE asks schools to establish ‘sugar boards’ to monitor & reduce sugar consumption among children

The move comes after the board’s decision to allow students with Type 1 diabetes to carry insulin pumps and glucometers into examination halls.

‘Sweetheart of food industry’ – Zero-calorie sweetener linked to strokes & heart attacks

A study by journal ‘Nature Medicine’ says people with existing risk factors for heart disease were twice as likely to be affected.

Sugar price hasn’t risen much in a decade and that isn’t healthy

Water-intensive surplus sugarcane production isn’t environmentally sustainable.

Sugar binge during lockdown, India to see consumption rebound by a million tons

India is among the top sugar consumer, which will see consumption rebound by as much as a million tons this season, according to experts

Indian sugar demand to be hurt by economic slowdown and health concerns

India’s growth is expected to slow to a six-year low in 2020, potentially threatening domestic sugar demand and leaving more supplies for exports.

It’s not your fault that you eat so much sugar

Sugar-related health risks are blamed on consumers, but they actually stem from a food industry bent on getting the most out of the cheapest ingredients.

America’s declining sugar consumption is worth celebrating

Few cities in US  have penalised sugar consumption with soft-drink taxes, while some food manufacturers have reformulated products to use less of the stuff.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.