Tag: Waterlow classification

According to UNICEF, 149 million children under five were estimated to be stunted, and 45 million were wasted in 2022, highlighting the global scale of childhood malnutrition. Accurately assessing malnutrition is critical for effective treatment, and two historical methods used for this purpose are the Gomez and Waterlow classifications.

Worldwide, it is estimated that millions of children under the age of five are affected by some form of undernutrition. Properly determining how to classify protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) is the first critical step in developing an effective treatment plan and is vital for public health surveillance.