Nutrition promotion: the role of monitoring physical growth
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1992
Abstract
Growth monitoring has been included as one of the basic strategies for child survival. In this paper, the rationale for this is reiterated both for individual as well as population nutritional surveillance. Methods for and approaches to growth monitoring are described. In addition, potential problems in implementing growth monitoring projects and interpreting the results are discussed. Despite its lack of sensitivity and specificity as a diagnostic tool, its advantages in terms of low cost, simplicity, reliability and social acceptability justify its use in nutritional surveillance, particularly in populations at risk of malnutrition.
Keywords
Anthropometry, Child, Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
Volume
6
Issue
4
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Additional Information
Social Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.