Manisha Choudhury

Our recent paper on the "First 1000 days: Window of Opportunity for Child Health and Development" @FrontNutrition with @PiramalFdn , @PiramalS,@ADTPIRAMAL,@nhm_assam @AAU_Jorhat linkedin.com/posts/manisha-…

India is facing a rapid rise in obesity, diabetes and heart disease, driven by highly marketed packaged foods high in sugar, salt and fat. We request all key leaders of political parties to consider bipartisan support for one public health policy of Front of the Pack Labels on food products High in Sugars, Salt or Fats . @narendramodi @RahulGandhi @MamataOfficial @yadavakhilesh @supriya_sule @manojkjhadu @MPNaveenJindal @subhashbrala @IamGKumarNaik @raghav_chadha @SwatiJaiHind Request to EAC to PM @EACtoPM @sanjeevsanyal @ShamikaRavi Request to Dr Vinod Paul @NITIAayog Request to Parliamentary Committee on Health @proframgopalya1 This is further to orders of the @indSupremeCourt and concrete evidence in support of Warning labels indicating High in Sugar /salt or fats in pre-packaged food products which contain in excess. Requesting you all to please use your influence and impress upon @fssaiindia Chairperson @MoHFW_INDIA to quickly adopt the warning label policy. Evidence and consensus here:- journals.lww.com/pmrr/fulltext/… For more information or questions please DM . @NAPiIndia @dr_sivaranjani @RujutaDiwekar @virsanghvi SC Order 10-2-26

@MilletIndia @IYM2023 @AAU_Jorhat #milletsuperfood

Our book chapter “Exploring Tradition: Conventional Methods in Millet Processing—An In-Depth Comparison with Modern Approaches” published in “Innovative Millet Processing” by Springer Nature. A small contribution towards bridging traditional wisdom and modern innovations

Good to hear this attempt by @cbseindia29 @fssaiindia why don’t you give a definition of HFSS to the Nation? Listen to the teachers if not public health experts. Once defined it makes the task easy on what is banned from canteens and what kids can avoid. Make it simple guys !

Junk food is all over. Labels dont tell upfront its sugar, fat or salt content 🧵👇 #PacketKeAndarKyaHai ⚠️ Obesity⚠️ Diabetes⚠️ Fatty liver rising. Let’s ask for ✅ Putting warning labels on front of food packets high in sugar, salt & fat 📝 Sign now: chng.it/wJBdnqcCRK

The gap between the percentage of early initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth and the institutional delivery can be minimized with Breastfeeding Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in both Govt. and Private health facilities. @CMOfficeAssam @bpniindia @Moveribfan

Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature go.nature.com/3YaLs4D

Today at 6:00 PM, the teachers, staff, and students of AAU gathered to light candles in a peaceful protest against the horrific Pahalgam Terror Attack.

This is the need of the hour.

Coca-Cola enters booming $820 million prebiotic soda market with launch of Simply Pop fortune.com/2025/02/18/coc… Hey @CocaCola Your #Sugar or substitutes will keep hurting peoples health! You can do anything for health claims . I dare you to 🛑 marketing and advertising !

📸 Share your support for demanding breastfeeding friendly hospitals! Join The Movement 🏥 🤱 Post a picture of you with a play card/poster with a following message: “ I want #BreastfeedingFriendlyHospitals” Tag @bpniindia Use hashtag: #BreastfeedingFriendlyHospitals

pic The statue of Lady Justice has been redesigned to reflect a modernised version of justice in India. In the previous version, 'Lady Justice' was portrayed with a blindfold over her eyes. The new statue, however, has open eyes, symbolising that "justice is no longer blind".

This video is a great resource to learn more about how breastfeeding works.

One of our articles on the theme of this year's World Breastfeeding Week published in a North East India daily newspaper. highlandpost.com/closing-the-ga… @bpniindia

WHO recommends stronger policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing. Awareness among the general population at all levels is very important. who.int/news/item/03-0… @bpniindia @MoHFW_INDIA @nhm_assam @Moveribfan #NCDs #UPF

Despite the well intended regulations, misleading ads of food products abundant. Solution lies in amending them as envisaged by the government’s plan main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/… Our report napiindia.in/Launch-of-the-… @LiveLawIndia @chetanecostani @dawalelo

@shekharkapur @Moveribfan Thank you for supporting this movement. UPFs are one of the leading causes of childhood obesity and NCDs. Promotion of healthy eating behaviour among the population is utmost important.

Getting our children addicted to ultra processed food is a crime against the future of our nation. It not only causes early onset of diabetes and heart attacks, it causes early onset of dementia. Thank you for fighting the good fight @Moveribfan It’s time to curb ads that influence young minds, and especially celebrity endorsements of such products.