Unit 1: Definition of malnutrition
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What is malnutrition?
You normally use these indices to define malnutrition: weight-for-height index for wasting, weight-for-age index for underweight and height-for-age index for stunting. However, if a child does not appear to be wasted or underweight, how can you say the child is not wasted? Is there anything else which suggests that a child has malnutrition? Think about it and revise your answers to the following questions accordingly. After revising your answers, click the submit button.

Your definition of malnutrition
How to determine if a child has malnutrition
Visible and invisible changes that can happen to children with malnutrition


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