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Mal-nourishment and Mall-nourishment exist in India

On: April 13, 2024

By M L Satyan Coimbatore, April 13, 2024: Three times I had accompanied my daughter to a few shopping malls. Once you are inside, you get a feel that you are in a foreign land. I have found the food courts overcrowded. I have witnessed over-eating and wastage of food.Continue Reading

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo urged to stop marketing sugary drinks to children

By: Matters India

On: April 24, 2016

In: Health

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based advocacy group, along with other global health organisations has written to soft drink majors Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to put curbs on marketing and advertising of sugar-sweetened drinks to children below the age of 16 years. CSE said a statement onContinue Reading