Most baby food products in South Africa have high sugar content

Study sample included commercially available baby foods targeted at children under 12 months and sold in supermarkets and other major retailers …

Healthy start: This Delhi entrepreneur makes complementary foods for babies using millets, traditional recipes 

There is no sugar, milk powder or preservatives in the products manufactured by Arvind Singh’s company

Include eggs in nation’s food security programme, demand activists

People’s Budget Initiative says implementation of food security programme discouraging

'World needs to invest US $15.5 billion a year on breastfeeding'

World Bank estimate for investment on breastfeeding is less than 20 per cent of what is required, according to international non-profit, IBFAN

South Asia conference on nutrition in Delhi held amid controversy

Civil society organisations claim private companies like Pepsi and Coca Cola are funding agencies partnering Indian health ministry

Ex-Unicef head joins Nestle

Nutrition campaign groups worried, say Unicef supports breastfeeding while Nestle undermines it

Danone, Unilever and Nestle top newly released nutrition index

Report scores 25 companies on basis of their written policies for increasing access to nutritious products; critics call it a whitewash

Breastfeeding week kicks off amid concerns over unlawful tactics by baby food companies

Health activists call for effective implementation of regulations that ban promotion of baby foods and feeding bottles for infants

Production and sale of baby food to be monitored

Non-profits and two autonomous state agencies authorised to lodge complaints regarding violations. Will that be enough to bring violators to book?

Discouraging breastfeeding: 50% pregnant women, parents targeted by misleading baby food marketing

Sales of formula milk more than doubled in last 2 decades

Lalitpur’s baby formula

Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two

Nestle adds almost 3 grams of sugar in every serving of baby food Cerelac sold in India

WHO guidelines against adding honey or sugar in food for infants violated only in Asian, African and Latin American countries, finds …