The double burden of malnutrition: need for urgent policy action (The Hindu)

The Hindu published an opinion piece written by Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon and Soumya Swaminathan on the importance of using evidence to inform policy in nutrition in India. Coherence is needed in areas of public policy across multiple ministries – incentivizing the cultivation and consumption of a range of food commodities; using the levers of government financing to buy better nutrition (not just more calories) in programs and expanding efforts to improve nutrition literacy.