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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Dietary patterns and heritability of food choice in a UK female twin cohort
<p>To examine the contribution of genetic factors to food choice, we determined dietary patterns from food frequency questionnaires in 3262 UK female twins aged 18 to 79 years. Five distinct dietary patterns
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Tripura human development report 2007
This report describes and analyses human development in the State of Tripura and its constituent districts and blocks. Tripura is a State of three million persons located in the North East of India and surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh.
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Aquatic vegetation - A potential support for rural economy
Aquatic vegetation is generally considered as nuisance plant communities which cause hindrance to aquaculture practice, resulting in the loss of aquaculture yields. Despite all these disadvantages, the
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Long-term changes in Indian food basket and nutrition
The food consumption pattern in India is diversifying towards high value commodities. The decline in per capita consumption of cereals, in particular, coarse cereals, has worsened the nutritional status
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At another table
A UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) regional workshop on street food in Asia, held in Djakarta, Indonesia, in 1986, tried to define street food. It described a wide range of ready-to-eat food and beverages sold and sometimes prepared in public places, notably by the roadside. It stated that like fast food, the final preparation of street food occurs when the customer orders the meal.
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Scales, Dont carp
If Punjab da puttar Maima Singh from Rathiya village near Patiala can eat fish, anyone can. Punjabis, who love their butter chicken and their mutton
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Knowledge of medicines by indigenous communities receding
It's quite well-known that indigenous communities share an intricate relationship with their environments. Their understanding of plants, also called ethnobotanical knowledge, is crucial to the
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Judgement of the Delhi High Court on mid-day meals dated 08/06/2007
Judgement of the Delhi High Court on the decision of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) awarding contracts for providing cooked mid-day meals to students of Primary schools in Delhi dated 08/06/2007.
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Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective
This report has two overall general purposes. The first is to summarise, assess, and judge the most comprehensive body of evidence yet collected and displayed on the subject of food, nutrition, physical activity, body composition, and the risk of cancer, throughout the life-course.
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Nutritional intake in India 2004-2005
This report presents the information on nutritional intake by the Indian population. Among the different nutrients only three nutrients: viz. calorie, protein and fat - are discussed in this report. This report gives an idea about intake of these nutrients in different monthly per capita expenditure classes from different items of food.