Term:
Nutritional Status
Definition:
It measures and allows us to describe the current status of the child, both in terms of immediate acute factors such as inadequate current intake of food, childhood diseases and diarrhea leading to wasting, as well as accumulated impact of chronic deprivation leading to stunting.
Domain:
Health
Source:
UNChildren’s Fund, WHO , The World Bank. UNICEFWHO- World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates. (UNICEF, New York;, Geneva; The World Bank, Washington, DC; 2012)
