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Special report on diet plan by the Lancet
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- Recently, journal Lancet published its special report on diet plan.
- The EAT-Lancet Commission, an independent non-profit consisting of 19 scientists and 18 co-authors from 16 countries, was tasked with developing global scientific targets for a healthy diet and sustainable food production.
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- Experts on EAT-Lancet Commission panel from India: Srinath Reddy of the Public Health Foundation of India and Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment.
- Recommendations:(1) The Commission recommended that the average adult, whose daily requirement is about 2,500 calories, must strive to source around-(2) 800 calories from whole grain (rice, wheat or corn),(3) 204 calories from fruits and vegetables, and(4) Not more than 30 calories from red meat (beef, lamb or pork).(5) It also suggested that the ideal diet should have no “added sugar” or “added fat”.(6) Unhealthy diets are the leading cause of ill-health worldwide, and following this healthy diet could avoid approximately 11 million premature deaths a year.
- New diet: It could globally avert 10.9-11.6 million premature deaths a year.
- Road map ahead:(1) The report shared a road map to help global populations move towards such a diet by 2050.(2) These include re-orienting the focus of agriculture from large-scale production of a few crops to “a diverse range of nutritious foods from biodiversity-enhancing food production systems”.
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The Hindu