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Policy On Junk Food Due To Rising Teen Obesity

Soon to become a national policy, the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India has issued a set of draft nutrition rules on junk food due to the rising obesity-linked diseases among teens. The rules would aim to limit marketing and sale of unhealthy snacks within 50 meters of a school, in lines with similar curbs on tobacco products. As per the draft, private of public schools must have a canteen policy to provide healthy food which is color coded according to its nutritional value.

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