India, March 18 -- For decades, India's health policy and programmes viewed malnutrition through the lens of undernutrition, aiming to prevent stunting, wasting and underweight among young children, anaemia in children and women and iodine deficiency at all ages. Poverty was measured by economists in terms of individual calorie consumption, rather than nutrients available through diverse diets. Food policy focused on ensuring availability of carbohydrate-rich staples (rice and wheat) as well as calorie-dense edible oils....