August 16, 2025

Malnutrition: The silent crisis: Collation of anthropometric measures of nutritional status in children under 2 years of age: A hospital-based case-control study.

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Case-control study evaluates anthropometric measures to identify malnutrition in young children, suggesting effective screening methods.

Seventy-four percent of children exhibited anthropometric failure, highlighting the severity of malnutrition.
The sensitivity of MUAC to diagnose severely underweight children was 84.2%, indicating its effectiveness as a screening tool.
Multiple linear regressions showed a positive association of weight-for-age Z-scores and MUAC measurements.
A comprehensive approach combining several anthropometric measures is recommended for better malnutrition detection.

Gosalia et al. (2025) studied this question.

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