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Table 1 WHO classification of nutritional status

From: Nutritional profile of Syrian refugee children before resettlement

Nutritional status

Z-score range

Wasting (acute malnutrition)

Moderate

zWFH < −2 and ≥ − 3

Severe

zWFH < − 3

Stunting (chronic malnutrition)

Moderate

zHFA < −2 and ≥ −3

Severe

zHFA < −3

 Healthy Weight

zWFH <=2 and > = − 2

 Overweight

zWFH > + 2 and < = + 3

 Obesity

zWFH > + 3

  1. Source: WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Available from: http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/about/introduction/en/index5.html