Authors: Campbell JL Cutting WAM Elton RA Minton EJ Spreng J
Publish Date: 1985/01/01
Volume: 79, Issue: 3, Pages: 409-411
Abstract
JL Campbell WAM Cutting RA Elton EJ Minton J Spreng The portable Nabarro weightheight anthropometric nutrition assessment chart A field trial in three countries in Africa Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume 79 Issue 3 1985 Pages 409–411 https//doiorg/101016/003592038590392XA cluster sampling technique and a portable weightforheight measuring chart were used to conduct nutrition surveys on children between 12 and 60 months of age in rural communities in Tanzania Zambia and Zaire Wasting was uncommon Only four 0·6 of 644 children who were weighed and measured had a weightforheight of less than 80 of the standard The new chart classified all of these as wasted along with five others whose weightforheights were close to 80 80·2 to 83·3 The portable weightforheight chart works well and the observer error was small Compared with calculations from tables it did not fail to identify any of the significantly wasted children and gave five false positives all in borderline cases Simple modifications would make this chart easier to use
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