In this Unit, you have learnt the different indices for assessing malnutrition, what is required and when to use them. You have also learnt about oedema, a clinical sign of SAM, its causes and grades. You have also learnt about dehydration and appetite which are of particular importance in severely malnourished children.

Remember that weight-for-age is mainly used for growth monitoring, height/length-for-age for assessing prevalence of chronic malnutrition and differential diagnoses in underweight children and weight-for-height/length for assessing prevalence and severity of acute malnutrition.

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