Food Habits

Zomato market-cap touches Rs 2 trillion; stock zooms 88% thus far in 2024

Zomato stock outlook: In the past one week, Zomato stock price has outperformed the market by surging 12 per cent as against 1 per cent rise in the benchmark index

Red meat, refined sugar, spicy food linked with colorectal cancer: Experts

Excessive consumption of red meat, refined sugar, and spicy food increases the risk of colorectal cancer, as per experts.

Front package warning labels can discourage unhealthy food choices: Study

A study by the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition on acceptability and potential use of different formats of front-of-pack nutrition labels in promoting informed food choices suggests 'warning labels' can deter choice and consumption of even moderately unhealthy foods. It also showed that 'summary ratings' like health star or Nutri-Score can help identify healthier variants among the available foods. Summary labels provide a brief and concise overview of a product's key features and benefits, often including information about positive as well as negative nutrients. Warning labels, on the other hand, provide information about potential hazards associated with a product as they take into consideration the nutrients of concern like sugars, fats and salt. Front-of-package labeling (FOPL) is usually seen as an important tool of public health communication about healthiness. Different formats of FOPNL are in use in different countries, either voluntarily or by mandatory ...

Rain check: How to stay healthy and safe in monsoon season

Change your lifestyle and invest in these accessories to shield your skin and digestive system

How we're addicted to junk food

Book review of Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions

Anti-cow slaughter bill: Food habit my right, says former CM Siddaramaiah

Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday recalled his earlier statement that he liked cattle meat, while asserting that food habit was his right.

Can the pandemic nudge us to change our habits and make our lives better?

Preposterous though it may sound, months of staying at home 24x7 has offered an opportunity to change lifestyles for the better.

Little Caesars Pizza enters India with two stores, eyes 10 more by 2020-end

While it has launched with two veg-only pizza restaurants in Ahmedabad as part of its India foray, it plans to adapt its menu to the local market which may involve non-veg stores outside of Gujarat

Why New York's Magnolia Bakery has received a warm welcome in Bengaluru

The Bengaluru-based brand came into existence earlier this year with the intention of bringing global food brands to India

First Food: New cultures

Good Food is First Food - not junk food - instead it is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods

I need chocolate! The science of PMS food cravings and how to get rid of it

Research data confirm women tend to eat more during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, compared to the follicular phase that leads up to ovulation

You are what you eat: Why the future of nutrition is personal for everyone

Scientific research is proving that everyone is unique and that there is no one true diet that works for all

How scientists plan to feed humanity a healthy diet and save the planet

Human diets inextricably link health and environmental sustainability and have the potential to nurture both