First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Nutrition
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Food Bill skips malnutrition, anaemia as ministries differ
<p> The Food Security Bill, approved by a group of ministers this month, has ignored malnutrition as a subject, surprising many observers in UN bodies. The reason given is a turf war among different
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Child nutrition plan ailing: Rs 3,000-crore funds siphoned off in 2008-09
Hailed as the world
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Draft food Bill warns against diversion of farm land
Says it may compromise food and nutritional security. Amid rising disputes over land acquisition, the draft food Bill has cautioned against unwarranted diversion of farm land, as it may compromise food and nutritional security.
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Sri Lanka promotes Divi Neguma programme to improve nutrition for people
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Prebiotics in ancient Indian diets
<p>Gut microflora co-evolved with the human evolution, performing health-promoting functions and protection from the enteric pathogens. The long association of the microflora sustained through ages, which in the light of new research, needs specific nutrients that are not required by the humans.
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The vitamin D-lemma
A vociferous debate about vitamin-D supplementation reveals the difficulty of distilling strong advice from weak evidence.
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PM for multi-sectoral approach to tackle HIV
Calling for a multi-sectoral approach to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said there should be greater integration of resources in dealing with the problem. Inaugurating a two-day national convention of zilla parishad chairpersons and mayors on HIV/AIDS, organised by the Forum of Parliamentarians on HIV and AIDS here, Dr.
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Multi-sectoral approach needed to fight HIV: PM
Stopping short of direct funding commitments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has hinted that India
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National Food Security Bill, 2011
<p><span id="itro1">This National Food Security Bill, 2011 has been approved by Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council and sent to the government. It seeks legal food entitlements to 90 per cent rural and 50 per cent urban households.</span></p>
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Home gardens for nutritional and primary health security of rural poor of South Kerala
The present study comprises of field trips in different rural localities of Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala. Information regarding the occurrence of plant species, their local names,