Undernutrition refers to being underweight, stunted, or wasted due to insufficient food intake and recurrent infections. Stunting reflects a failure to reach linear growth potential from chronic undernutrition and generally occurs before age 2. Wasting reflects low body weight in relation to height and indicates acute undernutrition from recent food deprivation or illness. Common indicators used to measure undernutrition include stunting, wasting, and being underweight.

11. Indicators of Undernutrition INDICATOR INTERPRETATION COMMENTS STUNTING LOW HEIGHT FOR AGE CHRONIC MALNUTRITION WASTING LOW WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT ACUTE MALNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT LOW WEIGHT FOR AGE COMBINED INDICATOR TO REFLECT BOTH ACUTE & CHRONIC MALNUTRITION

12. All these 4 boys are aged 24 months

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