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Why NFHS-5 Data Merits Serious Concern and Urgent Action -Dipa Sinha

-TheWire.in According to the data, in most states there is a worsening in nutrition indicators such as childhood stunting, wasting and underweight. Partial results from the National Family Health Survey round 5 (NFHS-5) released last week draw attention to the crisis of malnutrition in the country. The factsheets that are available pertain to 17 states and five Union Territories – put together they roughly account for half of India’s population. Although there are no all-India figures yet, what the data so far indicates is a stagnation, if not deterioration, in most indicators related to nutrition status, especially of women and children. There is an improvement in some indicators in some states, but on the whole in most states there is a worsening in indicators such as childhood stunting (13 out of 22 states see an increase), wasting (12 out of 22 states see an increase) and underweight (16 out of 22 states see an increase). In fact, Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim are the only two states that see an improvement in all three of these anthropometric outcomes that reflect chronic and acute malnutrition among children. There is also an increase in the prevalence of anaemia among young children, adolescents, pregnant women, non-pregnant women and men in most of the states. Further, even overweight/obesity among men and women has gone up in most states. While full data will give a better understanding, it cannot be denied that what we have so far is reason enough for serious concern as well as urgent action. In fact, given that the second phase of the NFHS-5 has been carried out after the pandemic and the lockdown, one can only expect that the situation may be even worse in the remaining states. Please click here to read more.