Junk Food

Childhood obesity isn’t just about weight — it’s a warning sign of deeper metabolic risks. Here’s how to spot and stop unhealthy eating patterns early.

Fitness coach suggests 3 tips to enjoy junk food and still be healthy and fit

For those on a weight loss journey, consuming too much junk food can seriously hinder progress. However, it’s not necessary to completely eliminate junk food from our lives. Here's how to enjoy junk food without harming your health.

India needs to face up to its junk food crisis

If officials don’t want diseases like diabetes to spiral out of control, they need to tell consumers just how unhealthy their packaged snacks are

Stress and sedentary living pulling you down? These 9 healthy choices will jumpstart fitness journey

Ditch the couch potato lifestyle and welcome an active way of living. Introduce these simple yet impactful changes into your daily routine to bid farewell to sedentary habits.

Unnecessary hair loss? Skip these 8 unhealthy food habits

How to stop hair loss: Did you know you can prevent hair loss by eating more protein and cutting down on sugar? Here’s everything you need to know.

Man had 12 cans of Mountain Dew every day until he saw his photo at father's funeral

'I’d stuff my face with whatever I could,' the 37-year-old said.

Depression: More than 30 percent of junk food in daily diet raises depression risk

Causes of depression: Stay away from junk and fast foods like diet soft drinks, fruit juices and flavoured yoghurts, packed food like scrambled egg and mashed potato, and many ready-to-heat-and-eat dishes.

How to lose weight: If you are dieting for fitness, seeing someone eating makes you eat less

Weight loss tips: Having difficulty sticking to your healthy diet plan? Try this weight loss trick. The mere sight of someone eating junk food is enough to put dieters off it, at least for some time.

UK’s top food watchdog compared cake in office to ‘passive smoking’, but Rishi Sunak says…

UK PM Rishi Sunak will not ban cake in offices, despite the head of the country’s food watchdog comparing it to passive smoking.

Give 'warning' label, not health star rating on junk food packages: Experts tell to FSSAI

Health star rating is a labelling system that grades packaged foods on the scale of one to five stars.

Healing Space | Of Masterchef paanta bhaat and TopChef upma: why comfort food wins

The psychology of comfort eating, belongingness, and social surrogacy. Also, comfort food is not equal to junk food.

UK to ban daytime junk food advertisements on TV and online

Under the plan, adverts for foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar will be banned from appearing on television or UK on-demand programming before 2100 hours. They will also be banned from paid-for slots online, allowing them to still appear on their producer's website and social media pages.

FSSAI bans sales, ads of junk foods in school canteens, within 50 metres of campus

The Food Safety and Standards (Safe Food and healthy diets for School Children) Regulations, 2020 in this regard has been notified now after consideration of stakeholders' comments, FSSAI said in a statement.

Policy | Implementing FSSAI ban on junk food around schools will be a challenge

While the prevention of sale of junk foods near schools can help curb the unhealthy snacking tendencies among school children, ensuring a control over the urge to consume junk food at home will require greater awareness drives where the government will have to focus on healthy eating.

FSSAI panel clamps down on junk food; bats for tax, strict labelling norms

The report by the 11-member panel on 'Consumption of Fat, Sugar and Salt (FSS) and its health effects on Indian population' is a pointer to cutting down consumption of unhealthy food products and reducing the rising burden of chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes.

Fooya: A game for healthy food habits

If you're a parent, getting your kid to avoid junk food and eat healthy is probably a full-time job. But a new gaming app could do the job for you.

FSSAI to define 'junk food' to ease fat tax implementation: Srcs

With the government considering a proposal to implement fat tax on junk food, sources say the Food Safety & Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) is working on defining the term ‘junk food‘.

How can Nestle jump Maggi ban? Compromise is only solution

The real problem of food safety lies not in our laws, but in our inability to create enough testing systems with adequate manpower to do the job consistently and fairly.

Nation like India desperate for US leadership: Bobby Jindal

Bobby Jindal, who last month announced his bid for the 2016 presidential elections, was responding to questions on addressing the challenges being posed by the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East.

Virat Kohli: The Gladiator

Virat kohli is nothing like the universally loved, happy-go-lucky, pudgy-around-the-edges cricket superstars he grew up idolising. He is, perhaps, their antithesis.

US FDA moves to ban trans fats, citing health risks

Partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of the fats, have been shown to raise "bad" cholesterol. Reducing the use of trans fats could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths from heart disease a year, the FDA said.

Junk food may cause asthma and eczema in kids: Study

Gorging on junk food thrice a week may lower immunity in kids, raising their risk of asthma and eczema, according to an international study. Scientists fear the high saturated fat levels may weaken children's immune system.

Junk food could lead to dementia: Study

Eating junk food may not just make you fat, it could also give you dementia, a new study has claimed.

TV junk-food ads do boost kids' appetites: Study

Television ads for junk food really do make children hunger for those treats, especially if they watch a lot of television, according to a study.