New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Nese Sreenivasulu, Principal Scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), on Thursday, emphasised the need to shift from highly processed food to nutrition-based diets to tackle rising lifestyle diseases.

Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the Bharat International Rice Conference in New Delhi, Sreenivasulu said, "We need to shift from highly processed food towards nutritious food. And of course, palatability is very critical. We need to make sure that all those nutritious products we make should be higher in their palatability as well as in nutritional density."

Highlighting the health challenges posed by poor dietary habits, he said nearly 560 million people are type 2 diabetic worldwide, and In...