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Fast Food : Let the Consumer Feel the Pinch

...ting to eating high calorie food, consuming sugary drinks and easily becoming couch potatoes. Health warning on junk foods and laying a total ban on useless advertisements that promote such products should be immediately stopped so that people are given the right message....

Pepsi Offers to Work with CSE for Maintaining Stricter Standards

... including the new regulations for carbonated soft drinks notified by the Indian health ministry on July 15, 2004," said a company statement. "While we are already working with the government, we are open to also working with the CSE and any other interested party to establish stricter science-based stand...

Chennai Students Protest Against Aamir Khan for Endorsing Coke

...r-than-life screen image to peddle these dangerous drinks to unsuspecting youth who think it is cool to consume junk food," another student added. The Centre for Science and Environment in a study found that the colas had dangerously high pesticide content, an argument that has been contested by the cola ...

British Laboratory Certifies Coke as 'Safe'

... and validation." CSL's tests on all of the soft drinks brands reported less than 0.1 parts per billion of...ile, CSE said that Britain laboratory data on soft drinks tests are biased as the company selected the samples. "The company's contention that only a forei...

To Add Proteins To Sports Drinks Or Not Is The Question

...anufactures Gatorade, found that protein in sports drinks was not beneficial. The study included 10 cyclists... were randomly assigned to either receive a sports drinks with protein or with placebo. They found that the sports drink with protein was no more beneficial t...

Communist Bengal not to ban cola immediately

West Bengal would not ban the sale of soft drinks of two multinational giants till a report was rece...e said primary reports of laboratory tests of soft drinks in the state had failed to identify any harmful ingredients. "Preliminary reports from different la...

Cola Giants Move To Court Over Their Ban In Kerala

...posed a limited restriction on the sales of theses drinks following a report by an independent agency in New...cided to ban the manufacture and sales of the soft drinks in the state. The decision came into effect the next day. In their petitions, the cola giants have...

Processed foods – "the" cause of obesity!

... self-discipline, research shows today's foods and drinks actually trigger the behaviors that promote gluttony. Obesity is biochemical, not behavioral." It means that the government has to be compelled to take stronger measures in educating the public and providing healthy food options. A researcher wi...

Experts Call For Ban On Junk Foods To Reduce Obesity and Diabetes

...perts have called for a ban on junk foods and soft drinks in hospitals, schools and other public institution...nisations must demand that all junk foods and soft drinks be kept out of health institutions, schools and public institutions, as these products can induce as...

Defeating the 'Diabesity' Beast

...or schools. In addition, they say junk foods and drinks should be removed from all publicly-funded premises, all products should have clear nutritional labelling, and products high in fat or sugar should be more expensive than healthy fresh food. Finally they suggest requiring urban environments to favo...

Alcohol affects quality of sleep in young women

... of 0.49 g/kg, equivalent to two to three standard drinks (in the form of vodka tonics), in the hour before bedtime, or 0.5 g/% below the legal limit for driving while drunk in many states. EurekAlert revealed this at a press release. This study involved the analysis of the sleep habits of young women (be...

Changing Food Habits: Fodder For Thought

...e sweltering heat, only 4% of Indians take to cold drinks on a regular basis, although it must be noted that these drinks are gaining popularity among the young. The survey also revealed that alcohol consumption is quite...

Women Overindulging in Alcohol Increasing

...h-risk level had doubled up. Drinking more than 7 drinks a day is considered high-risk drinking in men while more than 5 drinks a day is considered high-risk drinking in women. The survey also noted that the proportion of ...

Orissa to Send Coke, Pepsi Samples for Testing

...sticides. If the tests prove conclusively that the drinks contain harmful pesticides, the state government m...icide were found in all the samples of the 11 soft drinks brands collected from 25 different manufacturing units of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo spread over 12 state...

Soft Drink Companies Settle Lawsuit

...vitamin C and potassium or sodium benzoate in soft drinks or fruit juices can cause formation of benzene, which in turn causes cancers like leukemia. Soft drink companies in Kansas, Massachusetts, Florida, California and New Jersey are also facing similar lawsuits. The World Health Organization limits ben...

Study Revels That Women Of Italy Are High-Risk Drinkers

...found. “The study asked about the mean number of drinks currently consumed per week, after pregnancy," not... what they were drinking five years previously: 16 drinks among the mothers of the FAS children versus 1.5 drinks among the mothers of the control children. T...

New Study To Find Means Of Reducing The Risk Of Diabetes In Youth

..., lower fat foods, more fruits and vegetables, and drinks with no added sugar) · Longer, more intense periods of physical activity· Activities and awareness campaigns that promote long-term healthy behaviours. After 2.5 years, all students will be tested for diabetes risk factors, including blood levels o...

Health Experts In Australia Toy With The Idea Of Surgery for Controlling Obesity In Teenagers

...of television advertisements of junk food and soft drinks for children aged up to 14 years was extremely cos... program for the reduction in consumption of fizzy drinks was found to be cost-effective, but the evidence of its success was limited. Robert Hall the chief h...

Should Junk Food Ads be Banned or Not?

...t parents who regularly consume junk food and soft drinks are much more likely to let their children do the same. He says, "This is why a child with obese parents is 10 times more likely to be obese." Carter, a research fellow at the Centre for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control at Perth's Curtin Univer...

Colas Are A Health Risk: Ramadoss

... without the added pesticides.// "All carbonated drinks like Pepsi and Coca Cola have high-risk factors as...much as tobacco and a comprehensive policy on such drinks are needed," he said at the golden jubilee year celebrations of the cardio-thoracic department of Ma...

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