Detection of undernutrition
Weighing pregnant women and preschool children
WEIGHING PREGNANT WOMEN
ZERO ERROR
CORRECTION OF ZERO ERROR
CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHTS
CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHTS
WEIGHING AN ADULT
CHECKING SENSITIVITY OF BALANCE –ADULT + STANDARD WEIGHT
Weighing infants and young children
ZERO ERROR IN THE BALANCE
CORRECTING THE ZERO ERROR
ZERO ERROR CORRECTED ZERO ERROR CORRECTION SCREW
CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHT OF ONE KILO GRAM
CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHT OF FOUR KILO GRAMS
WEIGHING THE BABY
DETECTION OF UNDERNUTRITION USING WHO 2006 WEIGHT FOR AGE CHARTS
SEPARATE CHARTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
AWW has marked weight for age on the WHO 2006 standard chart. There are 3 children with severe, 8 children with moderate under-nutrition. Ten children are normally nourished. Assessment of nutritional status of children by plotting weight for age
GROWTH MONITORING
Advantages of serial weight measurement
Normal growth trajectory in children with different birth weight Birth weight is a major determinant of growth in infancy.If serial measurements are not taken child 3 and 4 will be classified as undernourished; but serial measurements show that they are growing normally according to their trajectory
Growth faltering detected through serial measurements of weight for age Serial measurements enable early detection of deviation from growth trajectory; correction at this early stage is easy.
Excessive weight gain detected through growth monitoring Serial measurement enable early detection of overnutrition, as soon as the growth deviates from the normal trajectory. Correction at this time is easy.
Plotting exercises
AGE (mth) WEIGHT (kg) WEIGHT (kg) Plot the following in the weight for age chart and assess the nutritional status of these boys
AGE (MTHS) WT (KG) AGE (MTHS) WT(KG)
NORMAL GROWTH GROWTH FALTERING