ICMR-NIN-led ‘Let’s Fix Our Food’ Consortium releases policy priorities to promote healthier diets for children and adolescents
ICMR-NIN-led consortium has issued policy recommendations to improve food environments and diets for children and adolescents in India.
- The consortium is a multi-institutional national platform led by ICMR-NIN and supported by Indian and international public health partners.
- The released policy document is titled Priority Policy Actions to Promote Healthier Diets and Food Environments for Children and Adolescents in India.
- The Nutrition Environment Assessment Toolkit for Schools is one of the knowledge products launched with the policy package.
- UNICEF India said rising obesity is part of malnutrition when unhealthy diets are present in children and adolescents.
The ICMR-NIN-led Let’s Fix Our Food (LFOF) Consortium has released policy priorities for improving diets and food environments for children and adolescents in India. The release is relevant for UPSC because it connects public health nutrition with regulation, school settings, food labelling, and the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases.
The policy document is titled Priority Policy Actions to Promote Healthier Diets and Food Environments for Children and Adolescents in India. It was launched during the LFOF Dissemination and Consultation Workshop in New Delhi, with participation from officials and partners across the nutrition and public health ecosystem.
What the consortium has recommended
UPSC can frame the issue as the regulation of commercial determinants of health, the role of food labelling and school nutrition policy, and the balance between public health goals and industry interests. The topic is also useful for questions on cooperative action among institutions such as ICMR, NITI Aayog, FSSAI, UNICEF India, and public health partners.
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