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Table 11.

Classification of type and severity of malnutrition (125), World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standards (121)

Indicator	Classification
Indicator	Moderate malnutrition	Severe malnutrition (type)*
Symmetrical oedema	Not present	Present (oedematous malnutrition)
Weight‐for‐height	−3 < SD‐score <−2 ^† (or 70–79%) ^‡	SD‐score <−3 (or <70%) (severe wasting)
Height‐for‐age	−3 < SD‐score <−2 (or 85–89%) ^‡	SD‐score <−3 (or <85%) (severe stunting)

The diagnoses are not mutually exclusive.

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^† Below the median World Health Organization (WHO) 2006 reference.

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^‡ Percentage of the median WHO 2006 reference.