obesity

India has proposed banning junk food sales in school canteens and within 50 metres of school premises, a measure aimed at curbing rising obesity and diabetes rates among children. The proposal, reported by Reuters, is part of a broader tightening of food rules as health officials respond to growing concern over childhood diet-related disease in the country.

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