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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Fish dependence - The increasing reliance of the EU on fish from elsewhere
<p>EU fish stocks are in an unprecedentedly poor state yet fish consumption throughout Europe remains high. The EU has been able to maintain and expand its levels of consumption by sourcing fish from other countries, both through the catches of its distant-water fleet and imports.
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The state of urban health in India: Comparing the poorest quartile to the rest of the urban population in selected states and cities
India has the world’s second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in healthrelated indicators. It shows the disparities for child
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55 paise a day is TN budget for anganwadi kids meal
Chennai: Fifty paise is the lowest legal tender in the country. Add to that five paise, and you get the daily allocation for food for an underprivileged child in an anganwadi. Tamil Nadu ranks first in implementing the integrated child development scheme (ICDS), but 55 paise is all thats given towards purchase of vegetables, fuel and condiments per child a day in an anganwadi in the state.
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Bangladesh country investment plan: a road map towards investment in agriculture, food security and nutrition
<p>This report represents the updated version of the Bangladesh Country Investment Plan (CIP). The CIP is a country led planning, fund mobilization and alignment tool, in support of increased and effective public investment in agriculture, food security and nutrition.
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Nutritious Meals To 10 Lakh Adolescent Girls in 15 Districts
With a view to empowering adolescent girls, a 'Sabal Yojna' is being implemented in 15 districts of the state. The State Cabinet has sanctioned the Yojna on February 7 at its meeting. Under the Yojna, living standard of the adolescent girls will be improved with paying attention on their health and ensuring nutrition meals.
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Your meal nutritious? 25 crore study to tell
New Delhi: Have you ever wondered how nutritive the food you eat is? The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) will soon find out. In what will be one of the country
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Dal scam: OSHRC calls for detailed report
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Human Rights Commission (OSHRC) has asked the State Government to immediately stop supply of substandard pulses under the mid-day meal and supplementary nutrition programme.
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60% rise in fertiliser subsidy payout expected this fiscal
Even as the government tries hard to rationalise its subsidy payout
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Mid-day meals may soon get more nutritious, tasty
MUMBAI: Mid-day meals for over 1.22 crore school children will soon be tastier and healthier than before. If the state government has its way, khichdi will be replaced with rice, dal and chapattis in the scheme which used to be totally funded by the Union government. "The change in food menu is being contemplated by the school education department. The modalities are being worked out.
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Are aerated drinks harmful? Definitive study to find out
New Delhi: Is gulping down litres of carbonated soft drinks harming your health?