India needs to face up to its worrying junk food crisisBy Mihir Sharma / Bloomberg OpinionIndia is not the world’s healthiest country. That is a crisis — one that is set to grow worse as India becomes richer and more urban. At the same time, there is data suggesting junk food in India is worse than in many other countries, with higher levels of salt, sugar and saturated fats. More importantly, packaged food can be regulated, so people at least know what they are eating. As scientists said, that merely “helps the consumer choose the least unhealthy option among a host of unhealthy options.”Critics worry that India’s food regulators respond more readily to big food companies than to doctors.
