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Jagan Reddy launches schemes to provide nutritious food to women, children

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched two nutrition schemes 'YSR Sampoorna Poshana' and 'YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus' which aim at providing nutritious food to pregnant women, lactating mothers and children

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Critical nutritional care for children hit

Delhi's ventilators filling up, Maharashtra assembly session next week, door-to-door campaign for getting kids admitted to govt schools--news on how the country is coping with pandemic

Quiz, meme competition to mark Sept as 'Nutrition Month': PM Modi

While talking about the importance of following a nutritious diet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that September will be observed as "Nutrition Month"."For our children and our students to display their optimum potential, show their mettle; nutrition and proper nourishment play a very big role. The month of Septemeber will be observed as 'Nutrition Month' in the entire nation," said the Prime Minister during his monthly "Mann ki Baat" radio programme."During nutrition month, a food and nutrition quiz will be organized on MyGov portal and there will be a meme competition. You should participate in it and motivate others to take part," he added.Prime Minister said that there is a need to increase awareness regarding nutrition."We have a maxim - 'Yatha Annam Tatha Mannam' which means our mental and intellectual development is directly related to the quality of our food intake. There is a need to increase awareness of Nutrition. The schools must introduce 'nutrition ...

Reorient agricultural priorities towards nutrition-sensitive food: Naidu

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday highlighted the need to constantly review the country's food, agriculture and trade policies according to changing times.

Eating more plant protein than red meat may help people live longer: Report

As many as 29 per cent participants were less likely to die of coronary heart disease compared to people who ate the least amount of plant protein

Why nutrition labels that skip ingredients like sugar make business sense

Veer Arjun Singh on why shorter, sharper nutrition labels - the kind that skip a few ingredients such as sugar by many other names - are starting to make business sense

Hindustan Unilever, Nestle share top spot among 16 firms on nutrition index

FMCG majors HUL and Nestle have been jointly ranked first in the industry for their approach to nutrition in the 'India Access to Nutrition Spotlight Index'. They were followed by food and beverages major PepsiCo India, Britannia Industries and Coca-Cola India. The index is published by Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) and hosted by Access to Nutrition Foundation, an international not-for-profit organisation. ATNI report is published once in every three years and this is the second edition of India Spotlight Index. India was selected as a spotlight country as it has a rapidly developing food and beverages sector, a statement said. The initiative is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the governments of the UK and the Netherlands. This season, 16 largest companies in India's food and beverage sector were assessed with the aim to encourage these companies to improve their nutrition practices, it added. The other companies were Amul, Mondelez India, Mother Dairy, ..

Nutritious non-dairy options for health freaks and the lactose-intolerant

There is a wide range of nut butters, lactose-free yogurts that are a tad expensive but great for health. Just make sure you understand the ingredients before you buy

Dr Reddy's enters India's nutrition segment with a drink for diabetics

Dr Reddy's 'Celevida' is formulated to have high protein, high fibre and slowly digested carbohydrates

Eating nuts, fish, avocado every day cuts asthma risk in kids

Allergic diseases such as asthma and rhinitis are common and often debut in childhood

With increasing urbanisation, new nutrition challenges for India

Less than 11% of the world was suffering from undernourishment globally