Doctors Back Junk Food Warnings as Supreme Court Presses Centre
The Supreme Court has given the Centre and FSSAI two weeks to take a final decision on front-of-pack warning labels for packaged foods high in sugar, salt and saturated fat. The bench…
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Karnataka bans junk food near schools to fight childhood obesity
The Karnataka government has issued an advisory banning the sale, distribution, advertisement and promotion of foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS), junk food, in schools and colleges, and within a…
India’s exclusive breastfeeding rate drops sharply; states ban junk food in schools
Exclusive breastfeeding in India has fallen from 63.7% in the National Family Health Survey-5 to 55.8% in NFHS-6, The Hindu reports. The decline comes as World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) highlights the…
