Laddoo, Vada Pav, Pakora And More To Carry Health Alerts, "As Serious As Cigarette Warnings"
- The Ministry of Health has mandated health warning boards on snacks like samosas and jalebis, indicating sugar and oil content to promote healthier choices.
- The health warning boards aim to inform consumers about the health risks associated with these snacks, promoting informed choices without outright banning them.
- Responses to the initiative varied, with some criticizing the comparison of snacks to cigarettes, while others acknowledged the need for such measures to promote healthier lifestyles and reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases.
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Ministries, depts asked to display oil, sugar content in snacks like samosa, pizza
New Delhi: The Union health ministry has urged all ministries and departments to instal displays of boards mentioning the sugar and oil content in snacks such as samosa, kachori, pizza, burger, french fries, soft drinks, gulab jamun and vadapav to promote healthy lifestyles and combat obesity and non-communicable diseases. It has also called for printing health messages on all official stationery such as letterheads, envelopes, notepads, folders…
Laddoo, Vada Pav, Pakora And More To Carry Health Alerts, "As Serious As Cigarette Warnings"
The next time you decide to chomp on a fried samosa-jalebi combo in any Nagpur central institution canteen, a colourful sign will be around to remind you, "Eat wisely. Your future self will thank you."
Nagpur: Forget cigarette packets with scary pictures. Nagpur's favourite samosas, jalebis and chai biscuits will soon feature health warnings - at least on the walls where you buy them. In a move that marks the beginning of doctors' predictions that sweet and oily foods will eventually carry health warnings like tobacco - the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has ordered all central institutions, including AIIMS Nagpur, to put up 'oil and su…
Health ministry asks ministries, departments to display oil, sugar content in snacks
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI) The Union health ministry has urged all ministries, departments and autonomous bodies to display "oil and sugar board" mentioning the sugar and oil content in snacks such as samosa, kachori, pizza, french fries and vadapav to promote healthy lifestyles and combat obesity and non-communicable diseases.It has also called for printing health messages on all official stationeries such as letterheads, envelopes, notepads, fol…
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