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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Big science at the table
<p>Researchers are adopting the tools of bioinformatics and pharmaceuticals to study and interpret the ever-growing body of data on the interplay between diet and genes.</p>
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Edible advice
<p>Diet-related illnesses are some of the biggest killers today. Can we tailor our food intake to prevent these diseases? Large international projects are underway to find out.</p>
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Mother's milk: A rich opportunity
<p>Research on the contents of milk and how breast-feeding benefits a growing child is surprising scientists.</p>
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Midday meals mismanaged in 6 states
Rising Food Prices, Limited Budgets Compelling State Govts To Compromise With Quality The world
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Breakfast staple types affect brain gray matter volume and cognitive function in healthy children
Childhood diet is important for brain development. Furthermore, the quality of breakfast is thought to affect the cognitive functioning of well-nourished children. To analyze the relationship among breakfast staple type, gray matter volume, and intelligence quotient (IQ) in 290 healthy children, we used magnetic resonance images and applied voxel-based morphometry.
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Hunger: the true growth story in India
Although many of the policies needed for ensuring genuine food security of the people of India are in place, they require more public resources and genuinely inclusive and empowering approach.
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The state of breastfeeding in 33 countries
<p>The "State of breastfeeding in 33 countries” is a report of the assessment done in thecountries, as part of the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) of their infant and young child feeding policies and programmes aimed at enabling women to successfully breastfeed their babies as well as manage to provide good complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding after the age of
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Agroecology and the right to food
<p>The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, presented a report titled "Agroecology and the right to food" to the 16th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 8 March 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Nutrient content of products served by leading Australian fast food chains
With more consumers purchasing meals outside the home, fast food products contribute substantially to daily energy intakes. Improving the nutrient composition of fast food would have significant health
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Need and impact of mid-day meal programme
The Mid-day Meal Programme (MDMP) is, as the name implies, a programme to provide meals in schools which is an initiative of the Government of India and the state governments. This programme is an effort