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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The cost of hunger in Africa: the social and economic impact of child undernutrition on Ghana’s Long-Term Development (COHA)
The economy of Ghana loses some GHC4.6 billion annually (equivalent of US$2.6 billion in 2012) due to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a study released in Accra. This amount represents
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European longitudinal study on the relationship between adolescents’ alcohol marketing exposure and alcohol use
<p>This is the first study to examine the effect of alcohol marketing exposure on adolescents’ drinking in a cross-national context. The aim was to examine reciprocal processes between exposure to
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Residential exposure to natural background radiation and risk of childhood acute leukemia in France, 1990 – 2009
<p>Exposures to high-dose and high-dose-rate ionizing radiation are established risk factors for childhood acute leukemia (AL). The risk of AL following exposure to lower doses due to natural background
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The missing ingredients: are policy-makers doing enough on water, sanitation and hygiene to end malnutrition?
Comprehensive national nutrition plans are a critical first step on the road to ending malnutrition by 2030. To succeed, these plans must address the underlying causes of malnutrition head on. Water, sanitation
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Infant and Young Child Feeding Guidelines, 2016
<p>Shaping up the post-2015 development agenda is of crucial importance in the development process around the Globe as 2015 was the last year of milllionium development goals. It is the right time to asses
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Prenatal arsenic exposure and birth outcomes among a population residing near a mining-related Superfund site
<p>Limited epidemiologic data exist on prenatal arsenic exposure and fetal growth, particularly in the context of co-exposure to other toxic metals. Researchers examined whether prenatal arsenic exposure
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India’s research contributions towards polio eradication (1965-2015)
<p>Pioneering research has been conducted in India during the past five decades, comprehensively covering epidemiology of poliovirus infection and of polio, efficacy and effectiveness of oral and inactivated
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No junk food on Chandigarh schools' premises
Chandigarh: Taking note of the fact that consumption of food that is high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) is rampant amongst school children, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
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11 schoolsgirls hospitalized after fumigation drive left them sick in Haryana
GURGAON: Eleven school students of Government Girls School in Patuadi were rushed to Civil Hospital in Gurgaon after they fell unconscious allegedly due to fumigation of chemicals to prevent dengue in
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Air pollution can affect child's brain development: Experts
Air pollution can affect a child's brain development, create abnormalities, and lower the IQ, health experts have claimed. The health experts, whose claim is based on several studies, said that the