Using mid-upper arm circumference

Historically, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) has been instrumental to identifying malnutrition in children under 5 years living in resource restricted settings. Less attention is directed to at-risk, school-aged youth. Updated and validated pediatric age- and gender-specific MUAC growth curves expand malnutrition screening opportunities (2 months-18 years) including overweight/obesity. An innovative partnership was created to integrate MUAC This global, two-part program on malnutrition risk identification included training adult facilitators and screening children attending RMF S Nine countries participated representing Europe, Pacific Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America. In total, 143 RMF facilitators were trained, and 318 children were screened across 11 sites. More than half of facilitators were male (56%, Findings from our sample demonstrate that integration of MUAC

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ARS, EM-M, and SS were employees of Abbott Nutrition at the time the work was conducted. MV-RG declares speaker honoraria from Abbott Nutrition. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.