The use of the Nabarro Thinness Chart in identifying children for nutrition supplementation in Sri Lanka.
This study compares the use of the Nabarro Thinness Chart with other nutritional screening tools among school children in Sri Lanka. It concludes that this method is a simpler, more precise approach to assess students requiring food supplementation in community programmes than others which are commonly utilized.
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Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D005522:Food Services; D006801:Humans; D013188:Sri Lanka