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Social & Preventive Medicine obstetrics,pediatrics and geriatrics 54648451

The best parameter for assessment of chronic malnutrition is -

A
Weight of age
B
Weight for height
C
Height for age
D
Any of the above
High-Yield Explanation
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.

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