Child Nutrition Levels in India Worsened Over Last Five Years, Finds NHFS Survey 14/12/2020 A mother feeds her malnourished child in the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh, April 6, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Reinhard Krause New Delhi: The nutritional level among children in India worsened over the last five years, according to health data released earlier this week. Eighteen of the 22 states and Union Territories (UTs) recorded a rise in the percentage of children under five years of age who are stunted, wasted and underweight compared with 2015-16, reversing decades of gains, showed the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS).