Adults: Assessment of Nutritional Status in Emergency-Affected Populations

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 2000

Available in : English

Keywords : adults, anthropometry, SCN, malnutrition, assessment, MUAC

This RNIS (Refugee Nutrition Information System) supplement describes simple techniques suitable for the assessment of the nutritional status of adults aged 20-60 years in emergency-affected populations. The BMI (Body Mass Index), MUAC (Mid-upper Arm Circumference), and clinical models are assessed for their usefulness in determining the prevalence of chronic undernutrition in adults at the population level, and also for screening severely undernourished adults for entrance to feeding clinics.

Documents :
Adults: Assessment of Nutritional Status in Emergency-Affected Populations (PDF, 300.26Kb)

Originally posted at : www.unscn.org/en/publications/nics

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Emergency, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Anthropometry, Assessments and Monitoring, HTP module 06, HTP module 20, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Mortality, Mortality, MUAC, MUAC, Rapid Assessments, Stunting, Triple-A (Assessment, Analysis, Action), Wasting

Life-cycle focus : Adulthood

Resource types : Assessments, surveys and indicators, Databases, Reports

Working groups : Nutrition in Emergencies