New Delhi, May 15 -- Unhealthy food is responsible for more than half of India's disease burden, cautions the new dietary guidelines released last week by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). Eat lots of fresh food and avoid heavily marketed, packaged and ultra processed food. Mint explores.

The 2024 Dietary Guidelines for Indians (DGIs) is a list of 17 do's and dont's from India's premier nutrition research institute. It advises us to eat a variety of fresh foods, include quality protein in diets and avoid supplements to build muscle, take steps to prevent abdominal obesity, minimise consumption of ultra-processed food high in salt, sugar and fat, plus pay attention to labels on packaged food to make informed choices. Complementar...