Passage - 3
Many people are not eating the right food. For some, it is simply a decision to stick with food they enjoy but which is not too healthy. This is leading to an increase in non-communicable diseases. This in turn leads to major burden on our health-care systems that have the potential to derail the economic progress which is essential for the poor to improve their lives. For others, it is about limited access to nutritious food or a lack of affordability, leading to monotonous diets that do not provide the daily nutrients for them to develop fully. Part of the reason nutrition is under threat worldwide is that our food systems are not properly responding to nutritional needs. Somewhere along that long road from farm to fork, there are serious detours taking place.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?

Question

Passage - 3
Many people are not eating the right food. For some, it is simply a decision to stick with food they enjoy but which is not too healthy. This is leading to an increase in non-communicable diseases. This in turn leads to major burden on our health-care systems that have the potential to derail the economic progress which is essential for the poor to improve their lives. For others, it is about limited access to nutritious food or a lack of affordability, leading to monotonous diets that do not provide the daily nutrients for them to develop fully. Part of the reason nutrition is under threat worldwide is that our food systems are not properly responding to nutritional needs. Somewhere along that long road from farm to fork, there are serious detours taking place.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?

Accepted Answer

Correct Option: We must place food-based nutrition at the centre of our policy debate. The passage discusses how poor dietary choices lead to non-communicable diseases, healthcare burdens, and economic derailment, while lack of access or affordability leads to monotonous, nutrient-deficient diets. It concludes that food systems globally are failing to respond to nutritional needs, with serious detours taking place from farm to fork. The crux of the passage is therefore that food-based nutrition must be prioritized and placed at the center of policy deliberations to tackle health and economic challenges. Option (b) directly reflects this core message. Options (a), (c), and (d) suggest specific technical or policy interventions (like UBI, GMOs, or fortification) that are too narrow compared to the broad policy focus advocated by the author.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?

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