NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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Question
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which of the following measure underweight in children
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WAZ
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WHZ
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BAZ
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HAZ
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Underweight is a key indicator of malnutrition in children and results in long term effects such as abnormalities in physical and mental health, behavioural problems, and low educational achievement.
Detailed explanation-2: -The nutritional status of a child is thus expressed as the standard deviation units (z-scores) from the median for the reference population. Those children found to be more than 2 standard deviations below the median for the reference population are considered to be underweight.
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