India, Aug. 3 -- India has made significant strides in improving food security and reducing hunger over the past decades. Despite this, according to the latest NFHS-6 (2023-2024), 29.3 per cent of children under five are stunted, 31.8 per cent are underweight, and 19 per cent are wasted, while the prevalence of diet-related lifestyle diseases are growing, says Nilanjan Ghosh, Vice President of Development Studies and Head of ORF's Kolkata Centre, highlighting the need for more nutritionally diverse diets. At the same time, climate change, resource constraints, and changing dietary patterns are placing additional pressure on India's food system.

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