Assessment of malnutrition among adolescents: Can BMI be replaced by MUAC

Assessment of malnutrition among adolescents: Can BMI be replaced by MUAC

<b>Objectives:</b> To find out the magnitude of malnutrition among the adolescents of an urban slum of Kolkata study population. To compare the middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) with that of body mass index (BMI) for determination of nutritional status of the study population. <b&...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta Aparajita, Butt Arindam, Saha Tushar, Basu Gandhari, Chattopadhyay Amitava, Mukherjee Anindya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
Body mass index
middle upper arm circumference
sensitivity
specificity
Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2010;volume=35;issue=2;spage=276;epage=279;aulast=Dasgupta

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