NEW DELHI, May 21: Contrary to popular belief, both men and women are eating less and less non-vegetarian delicacies in Meghalaya while the same has increased in many other parts of the country, an official report said.
Fewer women in Meghalaya, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Kerala eat non-vegetarian food every week. West Bengal and Meghalaya saw a decline in non-vegetarianism among men, too, the latest data from National Family Health Survey (NFHS) showed.
Non-vegetarian delicacies are increasingly becoming a part of the Indian platter as more people have begun relishing chicken, mutton or fish in their meals. In the five years leading up to 2021, the prevalence of non-vegetarianism among women increased in 26 states/UTs, and in 25 states/UTs among men.
Women who included non-vegetarian food in their meal at least once a week increased in Jharkhand by 16.4 percentage points, Telangana by 14.7 percentage points, Andhra Pradesh by 12.4 percentage points and Bihar by 11.4 percentage points.
On the other hand, the same for men rose in Sikkim by 27.7 percentage points, Maharashtra by 9.3 percentage points, Punjab by 8.9 percentage points and Odisha by 7.3 percentage points.
