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Marilyn Monroe liked her steak hot, ate ice cream frequently, hated outdoor sports, didn’t go to the gym. Late diva revealed how she got her perfect hourglass figure: ‘I spend 10 minutes…’Evergreen diva Marilyn Monroe was celebrated not just for her ethereal beauty but also for her perfect hourglass figure. In an interview, t...- Strong El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency saysA powerful El Nino may push nearly 49 million more people into food insecurity. This event carries an 81% chance of being very strong, impa...
- 'Height, not GDP, is the real measure of a country's progress': Woman cites studies to claim that this body part reveals a nation's real wealthHuman height reflects national living standards more accurately than GDP. Early life nutrition and sanitation significantly impact adult he...
- In 1944, the US Coast Guard released 29 reindeer on an Alaskan island as a food supply; 19 years later, scientists found them to be 6000, and next winter, only 42 were aliveIn 1944, 29 reindeer were introduced to Alaska's St. Matthew Island as a food source. Their population exploded to 6,000 by 1963, decimatin...
- In 1937, a chemistry student tasted something sweet on a cigarette, and this led to a sweetener that changed diet foods industryA lab accident in 1937 led to the discovery of cyclamate, an artificial sweetener. It quickly became popular for low-calorie products. Late...
- Is fortified or diverse diet better?India's strategy to combat undernutrition through large-scale food fortification of staples like rice, oil, and salt is being questioned. R...
- FSSAI must protect consumers: Concerns over added sugar in baby food and contaminated spicesRenu Jain, a Bengaluru-based mother, found out last year that Bournvita, a popular 'health drink', contains high sugar content. The Food Sa...
- Pregnancy weight gain impacts lifelong health: New study warns of heart disease & diabetes riskA study published in The Lancet journal suggests that pregnant women who gain more weight than recommended are at a higher risk of death fr...
- Not all fats are bad for you! 10 nutrition myths experts wish would dieThere's a perception that plant-based milks are more nutritious than cow's milk.
- Nutrition experts debunk 10 commonplace health mythsTake all health fads at face value, cautions nutritionists.
- Why the PLOS report should be critically viewedThe good news (bad for feminists) is that the PLOS study is not quite right. It has certainly strayed from telling the whole truth about th...
- Google honours Japanese biochemist Michiyo Tsujimura with doodle on her 133rd birth anniversaryTsujimura began researching the biochemistry of green tea at the Tokyo Imperial University.
- View: Make food systems more inclusive to change the state of food insecurityLatest estimates suggest that 9.7% of the global population, close to 750 million people, were exposed to severe levels of food insecurity ...
- Indian athletes no longer celebrate the near-misses, they are more ambitious and believe in resultsThere’s a hunger on show among the Indians now. We saw it in Bajrang Punia and Deepak Kumar, who came from behind to win silver.
- Ten million tonnes of fish get wasted every year: studyIndustrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every year - enough to fill about 4,500 Olympic si...
- Physicians try to find elusive links between diet and disease in IndiansRelationship between fats and heart disease is complicated, and western studies may not be relevant to Indians, scientists are now looking ...
- Egg-less meals at anganwadis? Madhya Pradesh's ban pitches nutrition against politicsThe only explanation for the egg ban is that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is a “strict vegetarian” and eggs are a “sentimental issu...
- Public health- The ageing imperative: India needs to act nowToday, India’s life expectancy at birth has risen to 65 years and is projected to be 74 years by 2050. Indians are living longer — that’s t...
- Food subsidy poses fiscal threat, may not help poor: World BankThe report said rising food prices and recurrent price spikes have revived popularity of food subsidies used by developing countries in the...
- Cattle join tech club: RFIDs improving milk production at dairiesThousands of milk farmers in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are becoming a part of a technology revolution that can have a far-reaching impact ...
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