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The global health body added that while nearly 60 per cent of adults and a third of children are overweight or obese, the last two years of Covid-19 pandemic made that worse

FSSAI CEO Arun Singhal on Monday said there is a plan to introduce front-of-package (FoP) labeling on packaged foods to help consumers make healthier food choices

The new rules apply to TV and UK on-demand programmes, as well as restrictions on paid-for advertising of HFSS foods online as part of a wider campaign to combat childhood obesity.

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The Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2020 in this regard has been notified now after consideration of stakeholders'' comments, FSSAI said in a statement

Pooled data from 14 randomised trials showed that labels with activity times induced consumers to cut back nearly 65 calories per meal more than labels that simply listed calories

In June this year, FSSAI CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal had announced that the regulator has proposed banning advertisements of unhealthy food in and around school.

The ban will be implemented keeping in mind the recommendations of the FSSAI

The proposal by the Indian food ombudsman has not gone down well with the companies and restaurants

Food packaging plays a big part in triggering brain processes that influence our food choices

Banned items include fried food items like potato chips, sherbets, ice gola, carbonated soft drinks

Modi is also considering a nationwide "fat tax" for so-called "junk foods"

PM Modi's administration has raised concerns over possible impact on the $57 billion sector

Researchers says the ads influence brain activity, prompting children to take decisions driven by taste rather than health

Researcher Sandi Mann from the UCLan in the UK and colleagues conducted two studies of boredom and food choices