Table 4. Characteristics of observational articles on anthropometric assessment of Brazilian children attending daycare centers (studies in the capital city of the state of São Paulo).

Author, year	Assessment method	Reference standard	Prevalence (%)
Toloni et al., 200933	NR	NCHS, 1977	W/A<-2Z: 4.4
Fujimori et al., 200734	Ministry of Health, 2001	NCHS, 1977	W/A<-2Z: 0.7
			H/A<-2Z: 2.1
			W/H<-2Z: 2.7
			W/H>+2Z: 0.7
Bueno e Fisberg, 200635	Habicht et al., 1974	WHO, 2006; CDC/NCHS, 2000; IOTF, 2000	W/H>+2Z: 6.2
			BMI/A≥p85: 22.5
			BMI/A≥p95: 9.3
Zöllner e Fisberg, 200636	Lohman et al., 1988; Habicht et al., 1974	NCHS, 1977	W/A<-2Z: 3.1
			H/A<-2Z: 5.2
			W/H<-2Z: 0.9
			W/H>+2Z: 5.0
Fisberg et al., 200437	Habicht, 1974; Lohman et al., 1998	NCHS, 1977	H/A<-2Z: 7.0
			W/H<-2Z: 0.9
Bueno et al., 200338	Habicht et al., 1974	NCHS, 1977	W/A<-2Z: 2.9-1.7
			H/A<-2Z: 7.1-3.1
			W/H<-2Z: 0.2-0.5
			W/H>+2Z: 5.7-6.9
Prado et al., 200239	NR	NCHS, 1977	W/A<-2Z: 1.5
Taddei et al., 200040	NR	NCHS, 1977	W/A<-1Z: 29.8-15.2
			H/A<-1Z: 50.0-44.8
			W/H<-1Z: 10.1-3.4
Souza e Taddei, 199841	NR	NCHS, 1977	W/A<-2Z: 2.8-1.4
			H/A<-2Z: 12.4-6.9
			W/H<-2Z: 1.4-0.0
			Malnourished (Gómez criteria): 31.0-17.2
Siviero et al., 199742	NR	Marcones et al., 1982, Marques et al., 1982 and NCHS, 1977	W/A<-2Z: 2.8-1.2
			H/A<-2Z: 4.4-3.3
			W/H<-2Z: 0.4-0.3

W/A, weight for age; H/A, Height for age; W/H, weight for height; BMI/A, Body Mass Index for age; NR, not reported (unreferenced anthropometric method).