title: Physical activity as a clinical tool in the assessment of malnutrition.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure physical activity in children with wasting and to look for association between poor physical activity and wasting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical activity was measured in 56 children with wasting, using Childrens Activity Rating Scale, and compared with age- and sex-matched controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant association was found between poor physical activity and malnutrition as determined by weight-for-height Z Score <-2 (P=0.001) and mid-upper-arm circumference (P=0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physical activity can be used as clinical parameter to assess malnutrition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, and *Department of Preventive and Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Correspondence to: Dr Meenakshi Girish, 101, Shubham Enclave, Darda Marg, Rahate Colony, Nagpur 440 022, Maharashtra, India. min_gir@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Girish
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ughade
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mujawar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gaikwad
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*