1. Detection of undernutrition

2. Weighing pregnant women and preschool children

4. WEIGHING PREGNANT WOMEN

5. ZERO ERROR

6. CORRECTION OF ZERO ERROR

7. CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHTS

8. CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHTS

9. WEIGHING AN ADULT

10. CHECKING SENSITIVITY OF BALANCE –ADULT + STANDARD WEIGHT

12. Weighing infants and young children

13. ZERO ERROR IN THE BALANCE

14. CORRECTING THE ZERO ERROR

15. ZERO ERROR CORRECTED ZERO ERROR CORRECTION SCREW

16. CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHT OF ONE KILO GRAM

17. CHECKING ACCURACY OF THE BALANCE USING STANDARD WEIGHT OF FOUR KILO GRAMS

18. WEIGHING THE BABY

19. DETECTION OF UNDERNUTRITION USING WHO 2006 WEIGHT FOR AGE CHARTS

20. SEPARATE CHARTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

21. 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

22. GROWTH MONITORING

23. Advantages of serial weight measurement

24. 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 1 2 3 4

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. Plotting exercises

29. AGE (mth) 16121824 WEIGHT (kg) 3.56.58910 WEIGHT (kg) 47999 Plot the following in the weight for age chart and assess the nutritional status of these boys

31. AGE (MTHS) WT (KG) AGE (MTHS) WT(KG) 1377 33167 351210 752810

32. NORMAL GROWTH GROWTH FALTERING