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The Dietary Guidelines for Indians (2024) by the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) provide updated recommendations to ensure balanced nutrition across life stages. The document highlights key dietary practices, including consuming a variety of foods, increasing vegetable and legume intake, moderating salt, fat, and sugar consumption, and promoting physical activity.
The guidelines address India’s dual burden of malnutrition—undernutrition and rising obesity—while emphasizing sustainable food choices, micronutrient sufficiency, and the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases. They serve as a foundational resource for public health policymakers, nutritionists, and the general population.
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