Results of the phase-1 of the fifth round of national family health survey (NHFS-5), released by the Union Health Ministry last month, red red-flagged the issue of malnutrition and prevalence of anaemia in most of the 22 states and union territories covered. In the NHFS survey conducted for the period 2019-20, as many as 13 States including some of the populous ones like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Kerala showed a rise in stunting. NHFS data also showed that percentage of wasting in many of the states covered. As many as 16 states and union territories have shown a rise in underweight children below five years.