Dietary guidelines represent recommended dietary allowances of nutrients in terms of diets that should be consumed by population. The dietary guidelines ought to be practical, dynamic and flexible based on social, economical, agricultural and environmental factors.

   Though dietary requirements of every individual varies depending on a number of factors dietary guidelines evolved through cultural and traditional practices and scientific studies go a long way to follow good dietary practices and their linkage to good health. Today life styles are changing at a rapid pace in rural as well as urban areas. In our selection of food items and cooking practices, factors like convenience, availability, economics and marketing strategies play a more important role than nutrition and health considerations. To cite an example, eating while standing or watching television make people opt for limited variety of dishes which can be served easily in a single....