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Experts urge consumers to read food labels carefully, focusing on serving size, calorie count, sugar, and fat content. The National Institute of Nutrition warns against misleading claims and stresses informed choices to reduce risks of obesity, heart disease, and allergies

Despite rising attacks on forest personnel in Telangana, their long-pending demand for arms and the creation of forest stations remains unfulfilled. Officials cite past cases, including a brutal killing, and appeal for better protection measures and public awareness.

Oil and sugar boards showing calorie content in common food items will soon be installed in government offices, hospitals, airports and railway stations. The NIN-led initiative aims to raise public awareness on healthy eating and reduce lifestyle diseases

The Hyderabad-based premier nutritional institution, National Institute of Nutrition has come up with Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) plan, designed to help manage and potentially even lower the blood pressure

The study titled as ‘Mitigation of Lens Opacification by a functional food in a diabetic rodent model’, published in the journal Chemico-Biological Interactions (February, 2024), indicated that natural food products exerted multiple actions including antioxidant, which reduce the risk of chronic diseases and anti-inflammatory

Although the concept of My Plate for the Day is simple, it offers essential guidance on the precise proportions of different food groups for a balanced daily diet. By eliminating confusion, it empowers individuals to make informed dietary choices.

Governor Jishnu Dev Varma inaugurated the five-day Integrated Communication & Outreach Programme ‘Nutritious Diet for All’

In yet another first, the DAB-India study also collects samples of cooked food from individual households of all Indian States to assess their micronutrient value and also to understand how many contaminants are there in what people eat. 

To be effective, front-of-pack symbols must be a part of the principal display panel and should have appropriate symbol-to-text ratio specifications.

In fact, it goes a step further by advising people to also focus on other vital factors such as exercise, personal hygiene, environmental sanitation, food safety, healthcare and safe water.

Keeping up with the changing times, the dietary recommendations include specific recommendations on the amount of physical activity that one must undertake on a daily basis.

NutriAIDE, a mobile app promoting healthy and sustainable nutrition through AI-based photo recognition, food content tracking, and environmental impact assessment.

Dr G Bhanuprakaash Reddy has been conferred with the prestigious Vepachedu Gopalkishan Memorial Endowment Award from the Department of Biochemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, for his research work in biochemistry

The study, which reflects the prowess of NIN in developing efficient animal models, throws light on the all-important link between obesity and the onset and development of breast cancer.

Although deficiency of these vitamins can occur primarily as a result of insufficient dietary intake or malabsorption, various other factors such as gender, age and genetic, ethnic and socio cultural backgrounds are likely to influence their status

A total of 25,26,907 students from Classes I to X in 28,606 schools are covered under the Mid-Day meal scheme

City-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) will host the 54th annual national conference of the Nutrition Society of India

Hyderabad: City-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and State government are all set to launch a state-wide SARS-COV-2 sero-survey from Tuesday. The survey will be conducted among general population and healthcare workers, in all the districts of Telangana and aims to assess the extent of community spread of the infection in the state. The sero-prevalence […]

Hyderabad: Director, National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Dr R Hemalatha presented the first Tulpule Awards in the senior and junior categories to Dr Bharati Kulkarni, Scientist F and Head, Clinical Division and Dr Paras Sharma, Scientist C, Food Chemistry Division respectively for their contributions to nutritional and health sciences, a press release said. The Tulpule […]

The study showed that consuming millets reduced total cholesterol by 8 per cent, lowering it from high to normal levels in the people included in the studies