Dietary guidelines for India 2024
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements
Child Health
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Health, wealth, social integration, and sexuality of extremely low-birth-weight prematurely born adults in the fourth decade of life
Although it has been previously reported that the transition of extremely low-birth-weight survivors (≤1000 g) in their mid-20s was similar to that of normal-birth-weight controls (>2500g), there was uncertainty
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Association between perinatal methylation of the neuronal differentiation regulator HES1 and later childhood neurocognitive function and behaviour
<p>Early life environments induce long-term changes in neurocognitive development and behaviour. In animal models, early environmental cues affect neuropsychological phenotypes via epigenetic processes
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Child poverty in Bhutan
This Monograph “Insights from Multidimensional Child Poverty Index (C-MPI) and Qualitative interviews with Poor Children” is a combination of multidimensional poverty index constructed from child related
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World Health Statistics 2016: Monitoring health for the SDGs
The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual compilation of health statistics for its 194 Member States. World Health Statistics 2016 focuses on the proposed health and health-related Sustainable
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TOXIC AIR- Living in Delhi akin to passive smoking: Expert
Living in Delhi could be like exposing yourself to second-hand smoke from several people all day .C Arden Pope III, Mary Lou Fulton professor of economics at Brigham Young University , told TOI in an interview
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Malnutrition Costs Economy $266 Million per Year, Study Finds
Malnutrition is costing the Cambodian economy $266 million annually in lost economic growth, according to study published last week in the journal Nutrients. Researchers funded by France’s Institut
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Bisphenol A and adiposity in an inner-city birth cohort
<p>Early life exposure to the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) may contribute to development of obesity. Prospective evidence in humans on this topic is limited. Researchers examined prenatal and
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Nano-scale particulate matter from urban traffic rapidly induces oxidative stress and inflammation in olfactory epithelium with concomitant effects on brain
<p>Rodent models for urban air pollution show consistent induction of inflammatory responses in major brain regions. However, the initial impact of air pollution particulate material on olfactory gateways
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Mozambique: EU, Unicef provide €30m to tackle malnutrition
The European Union and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have pledged to release €30 million for the reduction of chronic malnutrition in Mozambique.This followed an appeal by Mozambique’s technical
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Not a rural phenomenon: Children malnourished even in Hyderabad
As per WHO, BMI below 18.5 is considered underweight and less than 16 is in 'severe thinness' category. Hyderabad: Malnutrition among children is not only a rural phenomenon, it exists in Hyderabad