The best parameter for assessment of chronic malnutrition is -: (A) Weight of age, (B) Weight for height, (C) Height for age, (D) Any of the above
Answer is C. parks textbook of preventive and social medicine 23rd edition * height is a stable measurement of growth as opposed to body weight .whereas the weight reflects only the present health status of the child,height indicate the events in the past also. *low height for age also knownn as nutritional stunting or drawfting.it reflects past or chronic mal nutrition.