Table 1.

Prevalence thresholds for public health significance for wasting, stunting, and overweight in children.

Labels	Wasting WHZ%	Overweight WAZ%	Stunting HAZ%
Very Low	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Low	2.5 < 5	2.5 < 5	2.5 < 5
Medium	5 < 10	5 < 10	5 < 10
High	10 < 15	10 < 15	10 < 15
Very High	>15	>15	>30
WHZ: weight-for-height Z-score, WAZ: weight-for-age Z-score, HAZ: Height-for-Age Z-score

Source 1: New prevalence thresholds for stunting, wasting, and overweight in children’ [19]. Source 2: Prevalence thresholds for wasting, overweight, and stunting in children under 5 years [20].