Bhubaneswar, Feb. 22 -- UNICEF Odisha, in collaboration with Odisha Women in Media, organised a media workshop titled "Healthy Plates, Happy Lives" in Bhubaneswar, bringing together journalists and media professionals to strengthen reporting on children's and adolescents' nutrition.

The workshop focused on how food environments - what is affordable, visible, and heavily marketed - shape children's diets far more than individual choice alone. Participants discussed the growing coexistence of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight, and obesity, driven in part by the increasing availability of ultra-processed foods.

"What children eat today is shaped not only by individual choice, but by the food environments that surround ...