Social & Preventive Medicine Nutrition and health ed3130d3

The following statement about Gomez classification is false -

Based on height retardation

Based on 50th centile Boston standards

Between 75 and 89% implies mild malnutrition

This classification has prognostic value for hospitalization of children

High-Yield Explanation

Gomez classification is based on weight retardation. In this system, the normal reference child is in the 50th centile of the Boston standard. It has a prognostic value for hospitalized children.REF.PARK'S TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE.Editon-21.Page no-591

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