Mid-upper arm
NUTRITIONAL CONSULTATION ON PREGNANT WOMEN: EFFECT ON INTAKE, WEIGHT GAIN, MID-UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE AND HEMOGLOBIN
... gain, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and hemoglobin (Hb) level of the first trimester of a pregnant woman in puskesmas of ...gain, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and ...
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Does mid upper arm circumference identify all acute malnourished 6–59 month old children, in field and clinical settings in Nigeria?
... The weight of each child was measured using Seca digital weighing scale to 0.1 kg, while height was measured using Seca stadiometer to 0.1 cm. A wooden infantometer to 0.1 cm was used for children less than 24 months and ...
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The Sensitivity and Specificity of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Compared to Body Mass Index in Screening Malnutrition of Adult HIV Patients taking ART; Evidence from Selected Facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
... Currently the national Guidelines for HIV/AIDS and Nutrition in Ethiopia recommends weight, height and MUAC (for pregnant and lactating women and/or adults who cannot stand straight) measurements to be taken in every ...
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Reliability of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Measurements Taken by Community Health Nurses
... Mid upper arm circumference-based diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition is seen as very attractive because it is assumed to be simple to use in measuring the arm and also requires a single ...
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Assessing effectiveness of a novel mid-upper arm circumference Z-score tape in a community setting in Guatemala
... which Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), Weight-for-Height (WH) Z-scores in children under 2, and Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-score for ages 2–19 are the most widely used and debated [13, ...
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Relationship between mid upper arm circumference and weight changes in children aged 6–59 months
... In 2005, the World Health Organisation (WHO) endorsed the use of mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) as an independent admission criterion for use in selective-entry feeding programmes [1]. A MUAC ...
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Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as a feasible tool in detecting adult malnutrition
... 9 Mid-upper arm circumfer- ence is not without its limitations, and does not account for recent significant unplanned weight loss, an important indicator of nutritional ...
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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) shows strong geographical variations in children with edema: results from 2277 surveys in 55 countries
... Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is currently defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children ’ s Fund (UNICEF) by a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) less[r] ...
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Weight-for-height and mid-upper-arm circumference should be used independently to diagnose acute malnutrition: policy implications
... The current definitions of acute malnutrition are based either upon a weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) below -2 standard deviations of the international refer- ence population (World Health Organization 2006 Growth ...
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Mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying children with obesity: a 12-country study
... All anthropometric indicators were measured using standard procedures in schools across all study sites (9,10). Body height was measured without shoes using a Seca 213 portable stadiometer (Hamburg, Germany), with the ...
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Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents
... RESULTS Characteristics of study participants A total of 978 participants were included in this analysis 481 children aged 5–9 years 235 and 246 females and males, Ability of MUAC to cla[r] ...
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Anthropometric surrogates to identify low birth weight babies: hospital based cross-sectional study
... by Mid upper arm circumference with cut off value of 10 cm, sensitivity of ...and mid upper arm circumference had high area under curve of ...
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Muscularity and Fatness of Infants and Young Children Born Small- or Large-for-Gestational-Age
... (mid-upper arm circumference, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, mid-upper arm muscle and mid- upper arm fat areas (UFA), and the arm fat ...
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Evaluation of Nutritional Status Using Anthropometry and Biochemical Indices of Community Dwelling Older Persons in Nigeria
... Background: The number of older persons is on the increase and nutrition and health risks tend to increase with age. Aims: The study evaluated the nutritional status of community dwelling older persons using ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC5549702.pdf
... We evaluated the interaction between maternal malaria infection and maternal anthropo- metric status on the risk of LBW using pooled data from 14,633 pregnancies from 13 studies (6 cohort studies and 7 randomized ...
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... of mid upper arm circumference and information like birth order of children, birth weight and number of siblings was collected using a pre-coded and semi structured ...
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Abstract- MUAC is used as an indicator for assessing acute undernutrition among children below five years of age. WHO child
... Wasting is used as an indicator for acute undernutrition, often assessed by weight-for-height and Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC). MUACis commonly used as a measure for subcutaneous fat and muscle ...
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Survival status and factors associated with treatment outcome of severely malnourished children admitted to Ayder referral hospital: a cross-sectional study
... The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) defined severe acute malnutrition (SAM) as a very low weight for height (WFH) less than (−) 3 standard deviations below the median ...
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... Malnutrition continues to be a major global health problem [1,2]. Undernutrition, defined as the outcome of insufficient food intake and repeated infectious diseases, is highly prevalent in low and middle income ...
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Nutritional status and food consumption patternsamong ulcerative colitis patients
... [BMI], mid upper arm circumference [MUAC], skin fold thickness [SFT], biochemical profile, detailed clinical history and diet history using dietary recall and food frequency ...
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