How diets of single men and women differ from their married counterparts

Delhi-based Mona Mishra, 45, has had a rocky relationship with her food. Straight after college, when she was working and single, it was a carefree, erratic one. No breakfast. At times, no lunch. Then drink and dine big time.

Things changed when she got married. "We put a lot of thought into what was cooked and what we ate," she recalls. The bread was never white. Juices had to be always fresh and not canned. Suddenly her meals had a pattern, a certain structure and a discipline.