title: Improved assessment of child nutritional status using target weights and a novel, low-cost, weight-for-height slide chart.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric, UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK. marko.kerac@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerac
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seal
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blencowe
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bunn
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status