Table 3.

Anthropometric characteristics of children involved in the study (n=315), Wolayta Sodo Town, January 2014

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Weight-for-age Z score
Normal (≥-2 SD)	277	87.9
Underweight (< -2 SD)	29	9.2
Severely underweight (<-3SD)	9	2.9
Height-for-age Z score
Normal (≥-2 SD)	245	77.8
Stunted (< -2 SD)	58	18.4
Severely stunted(<-3SD)	12	3.8
Weight -for-height Z score
Normal (> -2SD)	284	90.2
Wasted (< -2 SD)	29	9.2
Severely wasted (<-3SD)	2	0.6
MUAC- for-age Z score
Normal (> -2SD)	250	79.4
Wasted (< -2 SD)	57	18.1
Severely wasted (<-3SD)	8	2.5