Measuring well-being

Infant mortality rate acts as an indicator of how well a nation cares for its citizens

Is thin beautiful?

A radical new approach to curing girls obsessed with their figures

Hankering for more

Industry is forcing bad calories upon people, especially the poor

Don't smell a rat

Fermented delicacies

Pink of health

A Garhwali radish, small and round and pink, is just what the doctor ordered

Not quite the pulse of the nation

Yellow pea catches more heat than consumers

Around 66% children below 2 years don't get nutritious diet: UNICEF

The diets of children in this age group have not improved in the last decade  

Weed on my plate

Tribals of central India vouch for the taste and health benefits of neglected wild vegetables

Fighting hidden hunger

Dr Howarth E Bouis, director of HarvestPlus, is a doctorate from Stanford University. He is promoting biofortification within the Consultative …

Food for brain

Vitamins and omega-3 fatty acid improve cognitive ability

Crunch metals cure diarrhoea

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Exclusive cereal-dependence

South Asia

Eat it bland, eat it pickled

Stubborn weed selni was once a favourite among central India farmers for its cooling effect

A fruit for all seasons

Wild mango is not just part of the daily diet of tribal people in Odisha, it also helps them survive the lean season

You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment: Two truths about nutrition amid plenty of half-truths

You Are What You Eat was guilty of cherry-picking statistics that project vegan diets to be the healthier alternative for people of all age …

Protein levels are rapidly declining in all foods in India

We are also consuming less protein-rich foods. What are the gulfs in our diet?

Failure to study climate change impact on wild foods can show on global health indicators

Climate change is set to take the benefits of eating good food away from us

Health in news on June 6

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on health

Centre approves setting up of National Nutrition Mission to address malnutrition, stunting

The mission would map various schemes and monitor them real-time

New study can help develop wheat varieties with high zinc levels

Indian and foreign scientists have identified regions in the wheat genome responsible for concentration of zinc in wheat grain

Rise in teenage pregnancies, poor maternal health hurdle to breaking intergenerational cycle of undernutrition

Significant incidences of early marriage and childbearing are among the important causes of undernutrition

Farmer and the new-age health market

India’s booming nutraceutical market provides a big opportunity to farmer producer organisations