July 2000
Bradley A. Woodruff & Arabella Duffield
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This report was written by:
Bradley A. Woodruff, International Emergency and Refugee
Health Branch, U.S.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Arabella Duffield, ACC/SCN Secretariat
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We are grateful to the following reviewers for their comments: Monika Blösnner (WHO), Tim Cole (Institute of Child
Health), Mary Corbett (Concern), Mercedes de Onis (WHO), Mike Golden (University
of Aberdeen), Saskia van der Kam (Médecins Sans Frontières),
Carlos Navarro-Colorado (Action Contre La Faim), Nick Norgan (University of
Loughborough), Claudine Prudhon (Action Contre La Faim), Simon Strickland
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Stanley Ulijaszek (Oxford
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Funding support is gratefully acknowledged from CIDA, DFA (Ireland), NORAD, DFID (UK), UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP. This report was made possible through the support provided
by the Food and Nutrition Assistance (FANta) Project by the Office of Health and
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Current WHO recommendations for adolescent anthropometry
Description of WHO recommendations
Application of the WHO recommendations
Complications of adolescent anthropometry
Changes in body proportions with age
Pubertal development
Interethnic differences in body size and shape
Theoretical problems with indices using weight and height
Practical problems with indices using weight and heightTheoretical problems with the use of MUAC
Practical problems with the use of MUAC
Possible solutions for the future
Changes in body proportions with age
Pubertal development
Inter-ethnic differences in genetic growth potential
Use of other data