The Indian Council of Medical Research–National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN)-led 'Let's Fix Our Food' Consortium released a policy document titled 'Priority Policy Actions to Promote Healthier Diets and Food Environments for Children and Adolescents in India' on July 22, 2026. The document outlines evidence-based recommendations to create healthier food environments and improve dietary behaviors among children and adolescents across India.
Dr. M. Srinivas, Member (Health) of NITI Aayog, launched the policy document during the LFOF Dissemination and Consultation Workshop at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The event was attended by Dr. Bharati Kulkarni (Director, ICMR-NIN), Prof. (Dr.) K. Srinath Reddy (Founder President, Public Health Foundation of India), and senior representatives from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, FSSAI, UNICEF India, Resolve to Save Lives, and other consortium partners.
The Let's Fix Our Food Consortium is a multi-institutional national platform that includes Resolve to Save Lives India, UNICEF India, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, PHFI, WHO, FSSAI, IEG, WFP, Lady Irwin College, IFPRI, Deakin University and other national and international partners. The consortium aims to prevent diet-related non-communicable diseases by transforming food environments, particularly for children and adolescents.
The policy recommendations cover healthy school food environments, nutrition literacy, front-of-pack nutrition labelling, regulation of marketing of unhealthy food to children, taxation of foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS), healthier dietary fats, salt reduction, low-sodium salt substitutes, social and behaviour change communication, youth engagement and fiscal measures to promote healthier diets.
During the workshop, several knowledge products were launched including the LFOF website, the Nutrition Environment Assessment Toolkit for Schools (NEAT-S) and its report, an e-learning module on understanding food labels, and a suite of ICMR-NIN educational resources on fats, sugars and salt to strengthen nutrition literacy among children and adolescents.
The policy document represents nearly three years of multidisciplinary research, stakeholder consultations and policy dialogues focused on addressing the growing burden of overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases in India.