Multiple choice

Deficit in weight for height in a 3-year-old child indicates:

  1. acute malnutrition

  2. chronic malnutrition

  3. concomitant acute and chronic malnutrition

  4. underweight

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Explanation

Weight for height: weight in relation to height is now considered more important than weight above. Low weight for height is also known as nutritional wasting for emaciation (acute malnutrition). It is associated with increased risk of mortality and morbidity.