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Surprising findings on India’s food habits -Kankana Trivedi

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A new study by the Development Intelligence Unit (DIU) sheds light on rural India’s eating habits, debunking several myths, like richer people eat a more diverse diet than the poor.

In a sure sign of development, India has shifted from worrying about food security to worrying about nutrition security – ensuring its people get a richer, more varied diet.

Simply put, a more diverse diet means more nutrition, more nutrition means healthier people, a healthier population helps create a healthier economy, which means a stronger, more prospering India.

But this is not happening.

In an attempt to grasp India’s various dietary patterns – including its diversity and accessibility to a wide range of food – the newly formed Development Intelligence Unit (DIU) conducted a pan-India survey, How Rural India Eats – Food Plate Mapping Study.

Typically, gathering such data has not happened frequently enough to gauge the true nature of how people eat. So this will be the first in a series of surveys that will delve deeper into diet deficiencies and the policies that try to help people eat better. 

DIU is a joint initiative between the Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF) and the social research firm Sambodhi. 

“Food is the only solution against malnutrition. In order to design interventions, it’s essential to study what people are eating. This unique study brings reflection on how nutritional deficiencies are met at the family level, women’s dietary intakes and cultural norms that are required to make region specific programmes,” said Shyamal Santra, public health and nutrition lead at Transform Rural India Foundation. 

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