Snacking is generally associated with extra calories and weight gain. We tend to resist snacking which may have an effect on our overall metabolism in the long run. Nutrition is a key to a healthy lifestyle with enhanced immunity. Snacking healthy food is a good way to provide the body with necessary nutrients. Hence, it is necessary to choose the right kind of snacks.

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Maryland Healthy Vending Act" has been proposed in the state of Maryland, the USA to make more choices of healthy foods and drinks available in vending machines across the state. With childhood obesity and diabetes on the rise, this act could eradicate health problems from unhealthy eating habits. This Act could decrease the problems related to obesity if implemented. 75% of all snacks will have to meet the trans-fat and sodium content standards provided.

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‘Healthy’ is leading to ‘unhealthy’ obesity. People are overeating healthy foods keeping them less full but increasing their waistline. We have an extreme gap in differentiating healthy and unhealthy foods that alter our eating habits. People associate ‘nourishing’ with keeping full. Research shows that the term ‘healthy’ to describe food has a negative impact on people and a more positive term like ‘nourishing’ should be used thus making it appear to people that the food is more filling.

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A few of the notable reason for the rising obesity statistics are eating unhealthy food and over eating. Experts now say that eating healthy food can be risky! According to a recent study, most people tend to overeat healthy food as they consider it less filling. The recent study also suggests that labeling food as healthy maybe a reason for increasing obesity rather than reducing it.

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A new study suggests that food labeling may contribute to the rising obesity figures. This might be because people tend to consume a particular food item more if its label says it's healthy assuming that they are making a healthy choice. Health experts also revealed that people also think that health food is less filling and end up overeating thereby consuming much more calories than they think they consumed.

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A food festival will be organised by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to promote healthy eating habits and cultural ties among adults and kids. This will be Mayor Sudhakar's first attempt towards promotion of healthy eating habits among Navi Mumbai citizens. The food festival will be held in Belapur in the month of February next year.

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There are a lot of food items that you stock up in your kitchen that are supposedly healthy. You think these food items are healthy because you have been told so. Certain food items have been perceived to be healthy for many years, but they are not. These include granola bars, low-fat peanut butter, whole grain bread, skimmed milk and diet coke.

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Ram Vilas Paswan, Union minister of Consumer Affairs, Food And Public Distribution, while addressing the consumer day celebration said that the government along with voluntary consumer organization will launch a country-wide campaign to create customer awareness for safe and hygienic food. He added that his ministry will try its best to take this initiative to the rural pockets as they need more awareness about customer rights.

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A study conducted by the Oxford University was published in the American journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study involved finding health risks among meat-eaters, low meat eaters, fish eaters and vegetarians. The study found out that vegetarian food was associated with 50% lower mortality from pancreatic cancer and cancers of the lymphatic or hematopoietic tissue.

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A new study whose findings were published in the journal, Environment Systems and Decisions stated that eating vegetarian food can contribute more to climate change than eating non-vegetarian food. It was observed that eating healthy food that comprised of a mix of fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood, increased the environmental impact where energy use went up by 38%, water use by 10% and GHG emissions by 6%.

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Until the babies body is fully developed it cannot eat everything. Experts say that the brain functioning of babies can be hampered if they are fed food with high sugar and salt content may hamper. As mother's milk provide complete nutrition, hence till 1 year of age babies are supposed to rely on it. Parents should be careful and avoid feeding solid food to their babies until they are 6 months of age.

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Consumption of junk food by youngsters has become a leading problem. With children most prone to this, most of us are dependent on packaged food which have taken a heavy toll on our heath. Food items like bead and flower contain bromates as preservatives that can cause diarrhea. Cookies and biscuits contain Mono and Diglycerides which can lead to cancer and birth defects. Meat contains nitrites that are also carcinogenic. Are we really aware of what we eat?

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FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) following the direction of the high court after the petition filed by Uday Foundation have come up with a draft of guidelines. These guidelines will help in making ‘Wholesome, Nutritious, Safe and Hygienic Food’ to School Children. The guidelines currently are in two parts, which include Guidelines for making available Wholesome and Nutritious Food to school children and Guidelines on Food Safety, Hygiene and Sanitation for Food available in school canteens.

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Supermarkets have turned out to be great sources of organic food for the growing health conscious Indian customers. Supermarkets and food association have seen a great rise in demand even though the organic food are priced high. “Indian market happens to be at very nascent stage. However, the trend is picking up really fast and Organic Harvest has seen a growth of over 300 percent in the last one year. So, growth has been outstanding. It will keep on growing in the next five years to come,” said Rahul Agarwal, CEO, Organic Harvest.

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Deputy Commissioner Vipul Bansal delivering his inaugural address at a function to mark the World Soils Day in Kalaburagi on Saturday stated that the health of the soil is directly related to the production of food grain. The deterioration of soil health due to the indiscriminate use of the fertilisers would have a lasting impact on the food grain production in the country. He added that Farmers should change their agricultural practices on their own and choose the crop best suited to the condition of their soil.

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According to a survey, people have an emotional connect to food which they simply overlook as it can sabotage their efforts to lose weight. According to a new survey conducted by Orlando Health department in the US, it has come to light that the key to losing weight might be in snapping the emotional bond that people have with food.

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Nutritionists conclude from a study in the journal Cell that what may work for weight loss for one person might not work for another. The study suggests that people metabolize food differently depending on their individual makeup and the makeup of the microorganisms in their gut. So knowing that foods that are healthy to one person may be unhealthy to another could lead to a fundamental shift in the way dietary recommendations are made moving forward.

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We have been misguided for a very long time about what makes us fat and what does not. Counting calories may not work for our bodies even if we love to pay attention to diet without paying attention to nourishment. Hormone production that facilitate good metabolism cannot happen if someone is just counting calories. The health problems that we face today are not a result of irregular calorie intake, but a result of irregular nutrition.

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Districts like Amritsar, Jalandhar, Muktsar, Mansa, Tarn Taran, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and many more have failed to achieve monthly targets for collection of food samples that was set by the department of health because of which food safety seems to remain a low concern for the health department. 1,740 was the target set by the health department out of which only 45% of samples were taken up by the district. Out of these 45%, 31% were unfit for consumption as they failed the test.

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Evenings is the time when hunger is at its peak and self-control is the weakest. Researchers find it difficult to identify as psychological or physiological. Eating unhealthy snacks at this time is a dietary mess. Urban Indians post work reach out for unhealthy snacks between6 and 8 pm. These snacks include samosas, namkeen, chips, etc. Experts say that replacing the unhealthy snacks with healthier alternatives will not only be good for the waist and the gut, but will also prevent various degenerative diseases.

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