India, Sept. 18 -- India's nutrition challenge is no longer just about telling people what to eat. It is about making healthy choices possible.

For years, we've heard the same advice: eat balanced meals, include fruits and vegetables, choose nutritious foods. Yet that advice collides with a different reality.a mother rushing to prepare breakfast before work, a student buying what is affordable outside school, a family adjusting meals to rising food prices, a young professional eating between long commutes. These are not failures of awareness. They are the conditions in which nutrition decisions are actually made.

That distinction matters. Because while India has made undeniable progress against malnutrition, we risk expecting awareness ...