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