Programmes

The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its contribution towards achievement of food security.

Want to exercise more? Start competing with your peers on online health programmes, researchers say.

India's recently rolled out national food security welfare programme will cost the government 1.4 trillion rupees ($21.00 billion) a year, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday.

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to offer nutritional supplementation to malnourished children in schools, in addition to the mid-day meal programme, to improve their body mass index, an official said Saturday.The scheme, to be ...

India's main programme to fight child malnutrition has been hit by budget cuts that make it difficult to pay wages of millions of health workers, a cabinet minister said on Monday in a rare public ...

US media and entertainment giant Walt Disney Company has announced it will become the first major media company to ban junk-food advertising on its TV, radio and online programmes that target children.In an effort to ...

A new survey indicates we are spending more time in the kitchen after being inspired by TV food programmes - a good boost for our cookery skills, but only if it's fun and convivialThe Welsh ...

Low-impact exercise programme helps to decrease pain, improve mobility and enhance quality of life in older adults with arthritis and other muscle and joint conditions, finds a study.

In a bid to tackle stress among people and improve productivity, Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday said that the government is working on "Catch them Young" programme to make people aware of ...

A community-based mental health care programme can significantly improve the lives of millions of people suffering from mental illness, researchers have found.