In a first-of-a-kind study, pesticide residue detected in urine samples of children in Hyderabad
The level of pesticide is much higher among 11-15-year-old girls as compared to boys in the same age group
Food basket in danger
Latest data suggests a decline in the nutritional quality of food. What is stripping our food of nutrients? Can authorities cope with the challenge?
An app to measure nutrition content of Indian food
Nutrify India Now allows search in 17 languages and six food groups. Users can also search foods by nutrients in the National Institute of …
India’s new Food Composition Table provides data on nutritive value of 586 foods
The data in the book can help identify the crops that should be grown to fight micronutrient deficiency
Lateral Thoughts: Who moved my samosa?
Indians need to eat better food, rich in fruits and vegetables and high in proteins
Blossoms with benefits
Heti flower adds variety to cooking when few options are available just before the harvest season in Maharashtra
Experts demand regulator for nutrition institutes
Standard training would ensure nutritionists prescribe diets suited to Indians, and not those set by western countries
Unhealthy foods should be eliminated from schools, says WHO report
World Health Assembly accepts recommendations of the commission on ending childhood obesity
Plastic makes little girls cranky
Research links bisphenol A, used in plastic bottles, with behavioural disorders in three-year-old girls
The widening nutrition gap
Difference in the nutritional status of Kerala’s general rural populace and that of Attappady could be as high as 50 per cent
Meaty tales of vegetarian India
Indians are eating more meat and enjoying it. Higher incomes, global food chains and a vast population of young people indifferent to religious …
Indefinite moratorium on GM field trials recommended
Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists for ban on herbicide tolerant crops for India
Indefinite ban on GM field trials recommended
Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists also against herbicide-tolerant crops for India
New York may lose its sugary fizz fix
Mayor calls for ban on sale of super-sized soft drinks
How true is Horlicks ad hype on boiled milk?
Experts say advertisement is misleading