Food consumption trends in Indian adults
Trends and patterns in consumption of foods among Indian adults Insights from National Family Health Surveys, 2005-06 to 2019-21
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Highlights
Healthy diets are necessary for mental and physical tasks. Unhealthy diets drive are the number one risk factor globally for Disease collaborators, 2019). Given the health and well-being, this Data Note examines for optimal growth and to carry out daily all forms of malnutrition and dietary risks deaths and disability (Global Burden of the importance of diet as a key driver of available data from three rounds of India's National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) on food consumption patterns of adult men and women.
ABOUT THIS DATA NOTE
This data note provides a broad view of diet patterns among adults and should be used for further inquiry by stakeholders including researchers, policymakers, and program staff at multiple levels. We recognize that NFHS is not a detailed dietary survey and does not ask about individual food items or the quantity of food consumed. Thus, this data note should be used as a starting point for discussion and to identify major areas of improvement in consumption and measurement.
- This indicator is the percentage of adults who do not consume pulses, beans, eggs, fish, chicken, or meat daily.
