The WHO is likely to add aspartame, an artificial low-calorie sweetener, to its list of chemicals which can possibly cause cancer in humans. Will such a classification help regulate artificial sweeteners that are widely added to food products, such as soft drinks, biscuits, pastries, yoghurt, jams and jellies, in India? Gaon Connection talks to some experts.

A research study has found that India’s rural population is losing access to protein and the consumption of packaged sugary edibles and carbohydrates has increased. The study reasoned affordability of carbohydrates-laden food as the primary cause of the nutritional imbalance. The increase in consumption of sugars is linked with a rise in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

The South American nation has passed a law to regulate the sale of ‘junk food’. The decision is welcomed by the health experts who hope that more countries around the world will follow suit.

Baby milk powder coupled with a lack of access to clean drinking water has resulted in the deaths of millions of babies in low and middle income countries between 1960 and 2015, finds a recent study.