This study addresses the potential of functional foods in India, a country where health and Ayurveda have always been of prime importance. Despite the acceptance of Ayurvedic knowledge, most research on functional foods has been conducted in European countries. Thus, this study aimed to fill...

Public policy making for the prevention of diet-related disease is impeded by a lack of evidence on whether poor diets are a matter of personal responsibility or a choice set narrowed by environmental conditions. An important element of the environment is market imperfections in food retail that...

An ideal food system is envisioned to provide healthy diets for people and be sustainable for the environment. Such a food system is required to deliver on these goals even as diets are increasingly and disproportionately comprised of high-fat and/or high-sugar foods vis-à-vis nutritious diets....