In India Tulika Verma is on a mission to ban junk food from Delhi’s schools – where over one in six schoolchildren are overweight. Western-style diets and processed food are becoming ever more popular in India’s cities, while traditional, healthy, sustainable foods are being forgotten. India’s on the edge of two possible futures: a future that’s well fed and healthy; or a future of ‘Western-style’ diets and a public health epidemic of obesity.
Note: A series of 6 x 25-min films exploring key questions around global food security
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/future-food-india-fat-or-skinny
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/junk-food
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/traditional-knowledge
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutritional-diseases
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fast-foods
