Appropriate Uses of Anthropometric Indices in Children - Nutrition policy discussion paper No. 7 (UNSSCN, 1990, 60 p.): ANNEX D

Appropriate Uses of Anthropometric Indices in Children - Nutrition policy discussion paper No. 7 (UNSSCN, 1990, 60 p.)

		(introduction...)
		UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION (ACC/SCN)
		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		FOREWORD
		CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
		CHAPTER 2 - BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR INTERPRETATION
		CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
		CHAPTER 4 - SCREENING: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL - ONE-TIME ASSESSMENT
		CHAPTER 5 - GROWTH MONITORING: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL - ASSESSMENT OF TRENDS
		CHAPTER 6 - POPULATION LEVEL - ONE-TIME ASSESSMENT
		CHAPTER 7 - NUTRITIONAL SURVEILLANCE: POPULATION LEVEL - TREND ASSESSMENT
		References
		ANNEX A - The significance of small body size in populations
		ANNEX B - List of participants
		ANNEX C - Extract from: Use and Interpretation of Anthropometric Indicators of Nutritional Status. Report of a WHO Working Group (1986a)
		ANNEX D - Illustration of wasting prevalences

ANNEX D - Illustration of wasting prevalences

(% <-2 SDs weight-for-height)

Country	Prev. %	Country	Prev. %	Country	Prev. %
Botswana	6	Burkina Faso	12	Bangladesh	16
Burundi	6	Mali	11	Burma	11
Ethiopia	12	Niger (Drought)	23	India (Tamil Nadu)	21
Kenya	5			Thailand	6
Lesotho	5	Cameroon	2
Malawi	3	Congo	5	Ecuador	2
Somalia (Drought)	40	Cote d'Ivoire	9	Peru	1
Sudan (Drought)	36	Ghana	7
Tanzania	5	Nigeria (Drought)	21
Uganda	4	Senegal	6
		Zaire	5

Source: taken from WHO (1989), "Global Nutritional Status, Update 1989"; results are to illustrate common prevalences of wasting, generally in 6 to 60 month old children in 1980's.

(from SCN News No. 5, p. 15, Early 1990.)

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