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Is Coca-Cola Influencing India’s Public Health Policies?

Amit Srivastava 06/02/2019

Two members of FSSAI, which sets food safety standards...

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Global ‘Pandemics’ of Undernutrition, Obesity and Climate Change Are Interlinked

The Wire Staff 28/01/2019

A new report in the 'Lancet' describes the intersection of the...

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Loneliness Is a Health Issue, and Needs Targeted Solutions

Michelle H. Lim 21/05/2018

The Australian government has announced funding to combat loneliness...

Bottles of insulin on a table. Credit: cogdog/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

India Faces a Public Health Crisis as Survey Finds High Rates of Diabetes, High BP

Aju Mathew 03/02/2018

The southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu had...

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Developing Countries Could Get Sick Before They Get Rich. Policy Can Help

Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley 17/12/2017

Residents of cities in developing nations are increasingly susceptible...

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Let’s Talk (Right) About Eman Ahmed

Vasudevan Mukunth 25/09/2017

The highly publicised treatment in a Mumbai hospital of...

A screenshot of the atlas's dashboard displaying the distribution of wasting in India's states.

Country’s First ‘Nutrition Atlas’ Comes Online

Dinesh C. Sharma 08/09/2017

The National Institute of Nutrition has brought all the...