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Pre-knowledge assessment
Choose the most appropriate answer.
6. Adam, the boy in photo below, weighs 6kg and is 74cm long. Looking at the photo, which of the following best describes Adam’s nutritional status?
a) Not malnourished.
b) Moderately stunted.
c) Moderately wasted.
d) Severely stunted.
e) Severely wasted.
 WHO Boys Weight-for-length Standard Deviation |
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The correct answer is e). Adam is severely wasted. There are signs of severe acute malnutrition. The child looks like skin and bones. His weight-for-length is <-3SD but even without determining the weight-for-height, there are obvious signs of severe wasting. We can't check his height-for-age because Adam's age is not known.
