Consensus statement: National Consensus Workshop on management of SAM children through medical nutrition therapy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 661-665

  Sachdev, H P S ^a   Kapil, Umesh ^a   Vir, Sheila ^a  

^a SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Nutrition therapy; Ready to use therapeutic foods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; READY TO USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD; RESEARCH PRIORITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSENSUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION THERAPY;

EID: 78650994045     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0097-z     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Dr Arun Gupta participated in the workshop. He provided inputs till the second draft stage but did not want to be listed as a signatory for the finalized third version of the Consensus Statement.
2. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund proposed diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 60 months are weight for height below -3 SD (based on 2006 WHO reference) and/or presence of bipedal edema or mid upper arm circumference below 115 mm (WHO Child Growth Standards and the Identification of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Infants and Children. A Joint Statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, 2009). The Indian Academy of Pediatrics recommended diagnostic criteria (2007), adapted from the earlier WHO guidelines, are weight for height/length below 70% or =3SD of NCHS median and/or visible severe wasting and/or bipedal edema; mid upper arm circumference criteria may also be used for identifying severe wasting (Bhatnagar S, Lodha R, Choudhury P, Sachdev HPS, Shah N, Narayan S, Wadhwa N, Makhija P, Kunnekel K, Ugra D. IAP Guidelines on Hospital Based Management of Severely Malnourished Children [adapted from WHO guidelines]. Indian Pediatr 2007; 44: 443-61).
3. Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition. A Joint Statement by the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition and the United Nations Children's Fund, 2007. ISBN 978- 92-806-4147-9. Accessed on January 16, 2010 from http:// www.unicef.org/search/search.php? querystring= Management+ of+Severe+Acute+Malnutrition &hits=&isNews=