PRESENTATION AND USE OF HEIGHT AND WEIGHT DATA FOR COMPARING NUTRITIONAL-STATUS OF GROUP OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF 10 YEARS

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 55  (4) , 489-498
Abstract
Recommendations were presented for the analysis and presentation of height and weight data from surveillance or surveys involving nutrition and anthropometry in young children up to the age of 10 yr. These recommendations are only for the analysis of data collected on a cross-sectional basis. The basic indices recommended are height for age and weight for height, each considered either in terms of centiles or in a cross-classification scheme using SD scores. These methods of analysis and presentation will hopefully prove widely acceptable, so that international comparisons will be made easier.