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Assessing malnutrition in children aged under 5 years
| • Middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) is a rough guide to nutritional status: normal > 14.0 cm, severe malnutrition <11.0 |
| • A malnutrition emergency is when > 10% of children are moderately malnourished |
| • Weight for height ratio (z score) is more accurate than MUAC but is more complex to calculate |
