Does a child's mid‐upper arm circumference‐for‐age z‐score represent another nutritional indicator of childhood malnutrition status?

• Main Authors: Md Ahshanul Haque (Author), Nuzhat Choudhury (Author), S. M. Tanvir Ahmed (Author), Fahmida Dil Farzana (Author), Mohammad Ali (Author), Farina Naz (Author), Mohammad Jyoti Raihan (Author), Sheikh Shahed Rahman (Author), Towfida Jahan Siddiqua (Author), Abu Syed Golam Faruque (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Child wasting is defined as a weight‐for‐height/length z‐score (WLZ/WHZ) < −2, and this indicator of nutritional status is used worldwide. However, a precise measurement is required for the assessment of a child's nutritional status, which may not always be possible due to expensive...