Nutritional surveillance using weight for age in the Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
The nutritional status of Southern Highlands children aged 0-5 years is described in terms of weight for age for 1974-75 and 1978. No significant change in the proportion of children less than 80% mean weight for age was found, although an increase in children severely malnourished (< 60%) was noted. Differences between populations living at differing altitude and in differing language groups are also described.
D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009512:New Guinea; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009749:Nutrition Surveys