What India Eats
<p>The report presents, for the first time, the contribution of various food groups to the total energy, proteins, fats and carbohydrates from the dietary data of two large-scale surveys in India that
Nutritional Diseases
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Vitamin D status and sun exposure in India
<p>Little if any cutaneous production of vitamin D3 occurs at latitudes above and below 35° N and 35° S during the winter months. It was postulated that those residing in tropics synthesize enough
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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990—2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by-disease analysis. No complete revision
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Associations between organochlorine pesticides and Vitamin D deficiency in the U.S. population
<p>Recently low dose organochlorine (OC) pesticides have been strongly linked to various chronic diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Both field and animal studies have suggested a
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“Let’s go local”
Located in the western Pacific ocean, Pohnpei Island is the largest island of the state of Pohnpei, one of the four states that make up the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Although rich in biodiversity,
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How healthy is your child?
The tummy, they say, is a mirror of emotions. A stick of a girl in the outpatients department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has a stomach issue. In that crowded OPD, where everybody befriends everybody to while away the waiting hours, she sits like a zombie, eyes fixed on the ground. Her parents don't quite know why she gets those excruciating bellyaches.
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Work out, but watch out for that extra bite
New Study By US Researchers Finds That Even Strenuous Exercise May Not Lead To Weight Loss If Diet Is Not Controlled Abantika Ghosh | TNN
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Over 5 lakh children in rickets risk
More than half a million children in the country could be suffering from rickets, a debilitating disease associated with poor nutrition and lack of sunlight, officials said quoting a recent survey. The National Rickets Survey 2008 based its estimate on its finding that 197 out of 20,000 children (0.99 per cent) had rickets, Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) reported.
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Obesity, BP rising among women
So says a multi-centric study on nutrition-related diseases in women NEW DELHI: A country-wide survey has indicated high prevalence of obesity, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol levels in women over 35 years of age in India.
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Food and nutrition in India: Facts and interpretations
<p>This paper reviews recent evidence on food intake and nutrition in India. It attempts to make sense of various puzzles, particularly the decline of average calorie intake during the last 25 years. This
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Nutritional deprivation of children in Orissa
This paper seeks to measure deprivation in terms of physical development and calorie-intake of children in two villages of Orissa.