Table 1.

Categories for children enrolled in the community‐based child nutrition programme

Category	Definition
Admit	Child under 3 years of age without complications who was screened with anthropometry and background information collected.
Monitored	Post admission, the child attended at least one follow‐up growth monitoring session within 3 months.
Defaulter	Post admission, the child did not receive any growth monitoring follow‐up within 3 months.
Recovered	Three months post admission, a wasted child is no longer wasted.
Improved	Three months post admission, a severely wasted child became moderately wasted.
Thriving	Three months post admission, a child admitted as not wasted continued to remain not wasted.
Non‐response	Three months post admission, a severely wasted child stayed severely wasted or a moderately wasted child stayed moderately wasted.
Faltering	Three months post admission, a moderately wasted children became severely wasted or a child admitted as not wasted became wasted.
Exits	Children who left the programme within 3 months of admission. This includes deaths, migration, and becoming over 3 years of age (ineligible).