India, Nov. 7 -- Global adoption of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission diet, which emphasises plant-based foods like whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes with only modest amounts of fish and dairy as well as limited meat consumption, by 2050, could help slow the increase in prices of some food commodities but may also deepen nutrient deficiencies in low-income settings if not paired with targeted nutrition interventions, a new study has found.

Researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and collaborating institutions undertook the study to model how adopting EAT-Lancet diet could affect calorie availability, share of income spent on food, nutrient availability, and food prices.

The study Affordab...