Malnutrition

Medical experts aim to make India diabetes-free by 2030: What does it mean?

July 18, 2024

Medical experts aim to make India diabetes-free by 2030: What does it mean?

Dr Banshi Saboo was speaking on the topic 'Primordial prevention of diabetes.'

February 23, 2024
Is there a right time to drink milk? Nutritionists say there is

Nutrition experts say that an adult should drink 150 ml of milk while children and pregnant women should drink 250 ml of milk a day.
November 04, 2023
Tribal hamlet in Attappadi reports another infant death

The baby girl born on October 22 at the Kottathara Tribal Specialty Hospital, was admitted to the same hospital after she was found unmoving on Wednesday.
September 16, 2023
Crisis in childhood nutrition: Studies highlight impacts on growth and mortality

As per the data, in 2022, more than one in five children around the world did not get enough calories to grow normally, and more than 45 million showed signs of wasting or weighing too little for their height.
October 15, 2022
India 107 on Global Hunger Index 2022, placed under 'serious' category

India's child wasting rate was recorded at 19.3 per cent, the highest in the world. Pakistan (99), Bangladesh (84), Nepal (81) and Sri Lanka (64) have all fared better than India.
August 24, 2021
KL University develops paper sensor to measure Vitamin-D deficiency

The cost of this paper sensor will come to approximately Rs 40 to 50, whereas the cost of commercially available tests for Vitamin-D in hospitals and labs is around Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000.
July 13, 2021
Last year, one 10th of global population were undernourished

According to a UN report, the pandemic continues to expose weaknesses in our food systems, which threaten the lives and livelihoods of people around the world.

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