Published By:
FANTA
Publication Date:
Job Aid
Global
English
This time-saving tool helps health care workers in developing countries to quickly calculate body mass index (BMI) and BMI-for-age to determine a client’s nutritional status. Determining BMI is an inexpensive, reliable way for health workers to identify malnutrition in children over 5 years of age, adolescents, and non-pregnant, non-lactating adults.
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