Wasting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Children are defined as wasted if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median.
GEO-1-6
Wasting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Children are defined as wasted if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median.