Module: Definition and classification of malnutrition
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Introduction
If you haven’t seen many children with malnutrition or are relatively new to assessing children with malnutrition, you should first have a good understanding of what malnutrition is.

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What is malnutrition?
How do you determine if a child has malnutrition?
What visible and invisible changes happen to children with malnutrition?
How should you treat children with malnutrition?