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Anemia & Nutrition Deficiencies

Nutritional assessment in children under 5 years of age can be done using direct or indirect methods. Direct methods include anthropometric measurements like weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference, and biochemical tests. Indirect methods examine community health indices related to factors like economic status and crop production. Key anthropometric indices are weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height, which indicate general nutritional status, stunting, and wasting respectively.

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Anemia & Nutrition Deficiencies

Nutritional assessment in children under 5 years of age can be done using direct or indirect methods. Direct methods include anthropometric measurements like weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference, and biochemical tests. Indirect methods examine community health indices related to factors like economic status and crop production. Key anthropometric indices are weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height, which indicate general nutritional status, stunting, and wasting respectively.

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Anemia & Nutrition Deficiencies

Nutritional Assessment Under 5 years Of Age


Nutrition is assessed by two types of methods; direct and indirect.

The direct methods deal with the individual and measure objective
criteria, while indirect methods use community health indices that
reflects nutritional influences.
Direct Methods of Nutritional
Assessment
These are summarized as ABCD
• Anthropometric methods
• Biochemical, laboratory methods
• Clinical methods
• Dietary evaluation methods
Indirect Methods of Nutritional Assessment

These include three categories:


Ecological variables including crop production
Economic factors e.g. per capita income, population
density & social habits
Vital health statistics particularly infant & under 5
mortality & fertility index
Measurements
• Weight
• Height
• Length and stature or height
• Mid Upper Arm Circumference MUAC

Characteristics we need:
• easy
• cheap
• acceptable
• reproducible
INDEX

Relation between two measurements


• weight for age W/A or W//A general appreciation
of nutritional status
• height for age H/A or H//A measure of linear
growth deficit or STUNTING
• weight for height/length W/H or W//H measure of
weight deficit according to length WASTING
BMI is computed using the following formula: BMI = Weight
(kg)/ Height (m²)
BMI (WHO - Classification)
BMI < 18.5 = Under Weight
BMI 18.5-24.5= Healthy weight range
BMI 25-30 = Overweight (grade 1
obesity)
BMI >30-40 = Obese (grade 2 obesity)
BMI >40 =Very obese (morbid or
grade 3 obesity)
Girls
Age Weight Length

0 mth 7.3 lb (3.3 kg) 19.4" (49.2 cm)

1 mth 9.6 lb (4.3 kg) 21.2" (53.8 cm)

2 mth 11.7 lb (5.3 kg) 22.1" (56.1 cm)

3 mth 13.3 lb (6.0 kg) 23.6" (59.9 cm)

4 mth 14.6 lb (6.6 kg) 24.5" (62.2 cm)

5 mth 15.8 lb (7.1 kg) 25.3" (64.2 cm)

6 mth 16.6 lb (7.5 kg) 25.9" (64.1 cm)


Girls
Age Weight Length

12 mth 20.4 lb (9.2 kg) 29.2" (74.1 cm)

13 mth 21.0 lb (9.5 kg) 29.6" (75.1 cm)

14 mth 21.5 lb (9.7 kg) 30.1" (76.4 cm)

15 mth 22.0 lb (9.9 kg) 30.6" (77.7 cm)

16 mth 22.5 lb (10.2 kg) 30.9" (78.4 cm)

17 mth 23.0 lb (10.4 kg) 31.4" (79.7 cm)

18 mth 23.4 lb (10.6 kg) 31.8" (80.7 cm)

19 mth 23.9 lb (10.8 kg) 32.2" (81.7 cm)

20 mth 24.4 lb (11 kg) 32.6" (82.8 cm)


Boys
Age Weight Length
0 mth 7.4 lb (3.3 kg) 19.6" (49.8 cm)
1 mth 9.8 lb (4.4 kg) 21.6" (54.8 cm)
2 mth 12.3 lb (5.6 kg) 23.0" (58.4 cm)
3 mth 14.1 lb (6.4 kg) 24.2" (61.4 cm)
4 mth 15.4 lb (7 kg) 25.2" (64 cm)
5 mth 16.6 lb (7.5 kg) 26.0" (66 cm)
6 mth 17.5 lb (7.9 kg) 26.6" (67.5 cm)
7 mth 18.3 lb (8.3 kg) 27.2" (69 cm)
8 yrs 19.0 lb (8.6 kg) 27.8" (70.6 cm)
9 mth 19.6 lb (8.9 kg) 28.3" (71.8 cm)
10 mth 20.1 lb (9.1 kg) 28.8" (73.1 cm)
11 mth 20.8 lb (9.4 kg) 29.3" (74.4 cm)
Boys
Age Weight Length

12 mth 21.3 lb (9.6 kg) 29.8" (75.7 cm)

13 mth 21.8 lb (9.9 kg) 30.3" (76.9 cm)

14 mth 22.3 lb (10.1 kg) 30.7" (77.9 cm)

15 mth 22.7 lb (10.3 kg) 31.2" (79.2 cm)

16 mth 23.2 lb (10.5 kg) 31.6" (80.2 cm)

17 mth 23.7 lb (10.7 kg) 32.0" (81.2 cm)

18 mth 24.1 lb (10.9 kg) 32.4" (82.2 cm)

19 mth 24.6 lb (11.2 kg) 32.8" (83.3 cm)

20 mth 25.0 lb (11.3 kg) 33.1" (84 cm)

21 mth 25.5 lb (11.5 kg) 33.5" (85 cm)

22 mth 25.9 lb (11.7 kg) 33.9" (86.1 cm)

23 mth 26.3 lb (11.9 kg) 34.2" (86.8 cm)

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