India, March 22 -- Schools may hold the key to tackling India's growing nutrition crisis-from persistent malnutrition to rising lifestyle diseases-with experts now pushing to make nutrition education a core part of everyday learning.

At the third edition of the Nutrition Conclave, hosted by the Nourishing Schools Foundation in New Delhi, policymakers, educators, and industry leaders called for integrating nutrition literacy into school systems. They argued that early awareness can significantly influence lifelong health outcomes. The conversation comes at a time when India faces a dual burden: undernutrition in many regions and increasing cases of obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders, often beginning at younger ages.

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