Waterflow classification of malnutrition in children takes into account?: (A) Weight for height (wasting), (B) Height for age (stunting), (C) Weight for height (wasting) and height for age (stunting), (D) Percent of reference weight for age
Answer is C. Waterlow&;s classification of PEM: It defines two groups- 1. Malnutrition with a retarded growth, in which a drop in height/age ratio points to a chronic condition - shoness/stunting. It is an index of the duration of malnutrition 2. Malnutrition with a low weight for a normal height, in which the weight for height ratio is indicative of an acute condition of rapid weight loss/ wasting. It is an index of severity of malnutrition. Reference: GHAI Essential pediatrics, eighth edition