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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Pre-packaged food plan: Govt refuses to give up
New Delhi: Even as it pledges to guarantee food for the vulnerable in its manifesto, the Congress-led government has on the sly tried one last ploy to push the case of contractors and middlemen in supplying nutrition to eight crore poor children under the Integrated Child Development Scheme.
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The cell regulator
Imbalance of calcium causes strokes, heart disorders THE element that is a major constituent of blackboard chalk, teeth and bones is also the one that regulates almost every function a cell performs. Scientists recently traced diseases ranging from irregular heartbeats to strokes to mental disorders to this element
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At 35, 2 of 3 urban women obese
3-Year Countrywide Study Finds High Rate Of BP And Diabetes Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Two in three women in urban India and one in three women in rural India above the age of 35 have been found to be overweight. Almost every second woman in urban India and every third woman in rural India were found to have high blood pressure.
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Let consumers know
The govt's move to once again defer the enforcement of detailed nutritional information on packaged food labels is incomprehensible Business Standard / New Delhi April 5, 2009, 0:46 IST
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Small cos find nutrition labels hard to digest
COS GIVEN THREE MONTHS MORE TO CARRY NUTRITIONAL FACTS IN THEIR PRODUCT LABELS Ratna Bhushan NEW DELHI
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30 years of left front rule in West Bengal: a development report card
The report titled
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Womens wisdom and indigenous human healthcare practices
In the study, an effort was made to explore the diversities of indigenous knowledge systems pertaining to human health among rural women of the purposively selected villages of eastern part of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Data pertaining to study were collected by using the participatory approach, group discussions, participant learning and personal interview methods.
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Arctic pollution 2009
This report is the sixth `State of the Arctic environment report' that has been prepared by AMAP in accordance with its mandate. It presents the results of work conducted during AMAP's third phase (2002-2008) in relation to three priority areas persistent organic pollutants, human health, and radioactivity.
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Changes in nutritional value of cyanogenic trifolium repens grown at elevated atmospheric CO2
Global food security in a changing climate depends on both the nutritive value of staple crops as well as their yields. Here, we examined the direct effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on the toxicity of the important pasture crop, Trifolium repens L. (clover). Shoots of T. repens contain cyanogenic glycosides that break down to release toxic hydrogen cyanide when damaged.
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Sustainable agriculture and food security in Asia and the pacific
In this latest study, ESCAP examines food crisis in Asia-Pacific and its relations to economic stability. Identifies 25 countries as hotspots in the region with the worst problems existing in South, Southwest as well as in Southeast Asia and details regional framework of action to improve food security.