A 3-year-old girl is brought for diarrhoea of 2 weeks duration. She weights 8 kg and her height is 93 cm. Her nutritional status can be described as
Mild malnutrition
Moderate malnutrition
Severe malnutrition
Very severe malnutrition
At 3yr child is expected to be 15kg and 95 cm. IAP classification of malnutrition Normal >80 Grade I 71-80 (mild malnutrition) Grade II 61-70 (moderate malnutrition) Grade ill 51-60 (severe malnutrition) Grade IV <50 (very severe malnutrition) She is 53% of expected weight so severe malnutrition. Reference: GHAI Essential pediatrics, 8th edition
Nutrition