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. 2020 Aug 12;12(8):2413. doi: 10.3390/nu12082413

Table 1.

New terms used for childhood malnutrition (adapted from Koletzko, B. et al. (eds), 2015) [5].

Term Definition
Moderate acute malnutrition Mid-upper-arm circumference greater or equal to 115 mm and less than 125 mm
Weight-for-height Z score < −2 but > −3
Severe acute malnutrition Mid-upper-arm circumference < 115 mm
Weight-for-height Z score < −3
Bilateral pitting edema
Marasmic kwashiorkor
Global acute malnutrition The sum of the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition plus moderate acute malnutrition at a population level