1. Nutrition for Healthy Families Training Package
Anthropometry
Nutrition for Healthy Families Training Package

2. Material Covered in this Section
Equipment used in anthropometry
How to measure
Practice measuring
Plot measurements on growth charts

3. Types of Equipment for Measurements of Weight
Hanging or salter scale
(typically for children 6 months to 2 years)

4. Equipment for Measurements of Weight
United Nations (1986) How to Weigh and Measure Children: Assessing the Nutritional Status of Young Children in Household Surveys. New York.

5. Equipment for Measurements of Weight
Mechanical Beam Balance Scale
Typically for children over 2 years old
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6. Equipment for Measurements of Weight
Bathroom-Style Scale
(typically for children over 2years of age, or mothers holding children under 2)
Photo Credit: Carolyn Barrett, RD, MS, MPH
Response RPCV/Guatemala

7. Equipment for Measurements of Height or Length
Length board
(typically for measuring children under 2 years old)
Photo Credit: Carolyn Barrett, RD, MS, MPH
Response RPCV/Guatemala

8. Equipment for Measurements of Height or Length
Stadiometer or Height Board
(Typically for children 2years and older)
Photo Credit: Mary (Gibson) Wulf, MS, MPH
RPCV/Dominican Republic

9. Equipment Used for MUAC Measurement
MUAC Tape
Photo Credit: Ian Huei Yau, PCV/Senegal

10. Plotting Growth on a Chart
Sample growth chart – Girls 0-5 Length/Height for Age

11. Reminder of Decision Tree for Work with Acute Malnutrition