The best parameter for assessment of chronic malnutrition is -
Weight of age
Weight for height
Height for age
Any of the above
parks textbook of preventive and social medicine 23rd edition * height is a stable measurement of growth as opposed to body weight .whereas the weight reflects only the present health status of the child,height indicate the events in the past also. *low height for age also knownn as nutritional stunting or drawfting.it reflects past or chronic mal nutrition.
obstetrics,pediatrics and geriatrics