Fast Foods

Consuming high-protein soy snacks affects appetite control, satiety, and diet quality in young people and influences select aspects of mood and cognition

Data concerning the effects of afternoon snacking on ingestive behavior, mood, and cognition are limited. The purpose of this study was to compare 1088 kJ of high-protein (HP) or high-fat (HF) afternoon snacks vs. no snacking on appetite, food intake, mood, and cognition in adolescents.

Publication Date:

01/07/2015

Author(s): Heather J Leidy, Chelsie B Todd, Adam Z Zino & et al

Source: Journal of Nutrition

Vol:

145

Issue:

7

pp:

1614-1622

Tags:

Fast Foods, Junk Food, Health Effects, Obesity, Non Communicable Diseases, United States Of America (US), Research

Health

Nestle disputes claims, FSSAI gives rebuttal

The Maggi imbroglio escalated to an unprecedented level on Friday , with India's food regulator ordering a total recall of all nine variants of the best-selling instant noodles brand.

Publication Date:

26/06/2015

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Fast Foods, Food Safety, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), India, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006

Health

Maggi banned in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Food and Drug Minister Girish Bapat has announced a ban on the sale of Maggi with effect from today after lab tests proved presence of lead above the permissible level in the samples te

Publication Date:

26/06/2015

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Fast Foods, Lead, Food Safety Authority (FDA), Food Safety

Health

Recipe for disaster

A RANGE of responses emerged across social media in the last week of May when Maggi, the popular brand of instant noodles, was confirmed to contain impermissible limits of the poisonous metal lead

Publication Date:

25/06/2015

Author(s): Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Food Safety, Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Delhi, High Court

Health

Maggi banned in Meghalaya

The Meghalaya government has banned Maggi noodles in the State for two months after Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) was found in the samples.

Publication Date:

24/06/2015

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Meghalaya, Fast Foods, Food Safety, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006

Health

Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has risen substantially worldwide in less than one generation. In the USA, the average weight of a child has risen by more than 5 kg within three decades, to a point where a third of the country’s children are overweight or obese. Some low-income and middle-income countries have reported similar or more rapid rises in child obesity, despite continuing high levels of undernutrition.

Publication Date:

20/06/2015

Author(s): Tim Lobstein, Rachel Jackson-Leach, Marjory L Moodie & et al

Source: Lancet

Vol:

385

pp:

2510-2520

Tags:

Obesity, Child Health, Fast Foods, Health Effects, Nutrition, United States Of America (US), India, Asia, Europe, Australia, N C America, Lifestyles, Non Communicable Diseases, Advertising, Mexico, Developing Countries

Industry

Maggi could give us energy after all

The ACC Cement Factory at Wadi in Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district — which is incinerating banned stocks of Maggi noodles seized from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and G

Publication Date:

17/06/2015

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Karnataka, Cement Industry, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Fast Foods, Energy, Energy Technology

Health

Food dept set to file chargesheet against KFC

The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department will file a chargesheet against KFC outlet on DB road and the company for having sold food that is unsafe for consumption, designated officer Dr R

Publication Date:

17/06/2015

Author(s): Vidhyashree Dharmaraj

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Food Safety, Food Safety Authority (FDA), Fast Foods, Chennai

Health

Centre pulls plug on Maggi in 1st recall of food item in India

The Maggi imbroglio escalated to an unprecedented level on Friday , with India's food regulator ordering a total recall of all nine variants of the best-selling instant noodles brand.

Publication Date:

06/06/2015

Author(s): Subodh Varma

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Fast Foods, Food Safety, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Health Effects, Food Process Industry

Health