Rates of overweight and obesity are rising at an alarming rate in India, especially among women. IFPRI Research Fellow Avinash Kishore discusses the impacts of changing food environments, and efforts to raise awareness and ensure access to healthy foods.
Follow-up survey results suggest food security situation has not yet deteriorated, but savings used as primary coping device could run out in the near future.
As COVID-19 highlights the need for more sustainable and resilient food systems, researchers share what role forests, trees and agroforestry can play.
The findings broadly apply across all states and income levels, underlining the challenges many Indians face in obtaining healthy diets.
