Improved assessment of child nutritional status using target weights and a novel, low-cost, weight-for-height slide chart.
Marko Kerac
;
Andrew Seal;
Hannah Blencowe
;
James Bunn;
(2009)
Improved assessment of child nutritional status using target weights and a novel, low-cost, weight-for-height slide chart.
Tropical doctor, 39 (1).
pp. 23-26.
ISSN 0049-4755
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080096
Correctly identifying malnourished or at-risk children is the critical first step towards appropriate nutritional interventions. To improve weight-for-height assessment and classification of nutritional status, we present a novel, low-cost, weight-for-height slide chart. We also describe a target weight system for monitoring children's progress towards nutritional recovery.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | Body Height, Body Weight, Body Weights and Measures/instrumentation/standards, Child, Humans, Malnutrition/classification/ diagnosis, Nutrition Assessment, Nutritional Status, Body Height, Body Weight, Body Weights and Measures, instrumentation, standards, Child, Humans, Malnutrition, classification, diagnosis, Nutrition Assessment, Nutritional Status |
ISI | 263789900010 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-7317
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-3159