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The Spectrum of Malnutrition

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Nutrition and Health in a Developing World

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This chapter presents the indicators that are used to measure the spectrum of malnutrition. It provides information on how to use indicators of food security, dietary intake, anthropometry, and biomarkers to assess the nutritional status at the global, national, household, and individual level. It highlights new areas of research regarding nutritional assessment such as metabolomics and gut microbiota that can help determine differences in nutritional status and dietary patterns. These indicators of nutritional status have significant variation across regions of the world and are used to assess global and national prevalence of different forms of malnutrition as well as to track progress toward improving nutrition. These indicators are also used to assess the impact of nutrition interventions, whether in research studies or for public health programs. When selecting indicators for these purposes it is important to take into account what they indicate, how responsive they are likely to be to the specific intervention(s) and to note that indicators are also affected by a person’s age, sex, and non-nutritional factors.

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