In moderate malnutrition, weight for age is -: (A) 90-110%, (B) 75-90%, (C) 60-75%, (D) 50-60%
Answer is C. parks textbook of preventive and social medicine 23rd edition. * weight for age =(weight of child /weight of a normal child of same age)100 normal nutritional status :90-110% mild malnutrition:75-89% moderate malnutrition:60-74% severe malnutrition:under 60% .