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
-
Saharanpur fever claims more lives
a mystery fever has hit Saharanpur and its neighbouring districts in western Uttar Pradesh. By October 15, the disease had afflicted 52 children, of whom 29 succumbed. Over the past two decades,
-
Spitting it out
the Chhattisgarh government is planning to ban gutka (chewing tobacco) from January next year. Though talks of banning the flavoured chewing tobacco have been going on for the past two years,
-
Non-timber forest products (NTFP), livelihoods and nutrition interface - A study of the tribal communities of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra states in India
The paper deals with the relationship between the tribal communities and the NTFP used for their livelihood and nutrition in the forests of Betul District of Madhya Pradesh and Melghat District of Maharashtra
-
Japanese council members protest serving of dolphin meat in schools
Two council members from the whaling town of Taiji, Japan, have come out publicly against the feeding of dolphin meat contaminated with mercury to children in school lunch programmes. It is the first
-
Family meals mean sound health
frequent family meals in adolescence contribute to good eating habits as an adult. A new study shows family meals lead to less eating disorders and healthier food intake in adolescents. This habit
-
Debate rages on HIB vaccine
the Union ministry of health and family welfare has given the go-ahead for including an expensive vaccine into the country's immunisation programme despite the absence of scientific data. A meeting
-
Bytes
non-stick gum: New easy-to-remove chewing gum is ready. Initial experiments show that the gum degrades naturally in water. The new gum adds a special polymer to modify its formulation, which alters
-
Regional approach required for treatment of malaria
malaria treatment has so far been uniform globally. who guidelines on symptoms of severe malaria are based on symptoms found in children in Africa. They include anaemia, jaundice and hypoglycaemia
-
Zinc supplementation does not significantly affect child mortality in Nepal
Zinc supplementation can reduce subsequent morbidity in children recovering from diarrhoea and respiratory illness in developing countries. However, whether routine supplementation would decrease morbidity and mortality in populations with zinc defi ciency is unclear. The researchers assessed the eff ect of daily zinc supplementation on children in southern Nepal. Oct 6-12, 2007
-
Medicines for children : safety as an afterthought
On Sept 21, WHO released a long overdue and thorough report, Safety of medicines for children, that ighlights the unacceptable state of monitoring medicine-related problems in children worldwide. Many issues make safety of paediatric medicines an extremely difficult area to study. Medicines are often used in an off-label or unlicensed way