Busting myths around nutrition and eating, emphasising the importance of meal timings, giving practical tips on how to eat in an age of fast and ultra-processed food and underscoring the importance of balance and diversity: these and several other aspects were discussed at The Hindu’s webinar on ‘What, when and how we eat matter’, held on Saturday (September 6, 2025), marking National Nutritional Week.
Bhuvaneshwari Shankar, clinical nutritionist and dietician, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, one of the two panellists, told the audience that what time we ate at, was as important as what we ate. Eating on the go was a bad idea, she said. “It takes 20 minutes for the brain to give us the signal that we are full,” she said, explaining that chewing completely and taking time to eat one’s meal was important.
