Red Bull untamed

Caffeine content in energy drinks go unchecked

The pesticide is the point

South Africa mulls tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, WHO welcomes move

This is one of the interventions proposed in the country’s strategy for 2015-2020 for prevention and control of obesity

Cola and fruit juices don’t mix

The possible industry response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion may not be fruitful for public health

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Think before you drink

Studies confirm energy drinks like Red Bull can be unsafe. India yet to limit their caffeine content

Low and middle income countries have seen greatest rise in obese children between 1990 and 2014: Report

At least 41 million children around the world obese or overweight, it says

Soft drinks cause permanent damage to young mouths

Research suggests 30 seconds is all that acidic drinks need to cause lifelong damage to tooth enamel

World Health Day: Diabetes, the modern killer

The prevalence of diabetes in adult population has nearly doubled since 1980 rising from 4.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent

The world is hooked on junk food: How big companies pull it off

Over many decades our food environments have relentlessly been encouraging us to make choices that are harmful to our health, through …

Villagers in Tamil Nadu face groundwater crisis

Soft-drinks company held for contaminating groundwater

Celebrities liable for commercials

Consumer protection council sets up committee to regulate contents of advertisements

Study proposes tax on soft drinks

Tax likely to hike price of beverages, may help check obesity, Type-2 diabetes

Tax sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce obesity and diabetes, says study

On an average, diabetes is responsible for two per cent of total deaths in India

Just for that tangy taste

Soft drinks have added phosphates which accelerate ageing  

Free food body of corporate influence

Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels

In short

Sugar-stricken

Reducing the intake of sugar as per the World Health Organization's recommendation is a must to lower the risk of non-communicable diseases

PepsiCo to shell out more for water in Maharashtra

Supreme Court upholds high court decision on higher water charges

Colas get new sweetener

Science & Technology - Briefs

FSSAI's scientific panel reconstituted

But members of the panel now designated as “independent consultants” were a part of the panel as representatives of the industry till …

Science and Technology - Briefs

No to natural sweetener

Nature’s zero-calorie sweetener—stevia—kept out of Indian market

World Health assembly to discuss fat issues