Short Malnourished Children and Fat Accumulation With Food Supplementation

BACKGROUND: In moderate acute malnutrition programs, it is common practice to not measure mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) of children whose length is <67 cm. This is based on expert opinion that supplementation of shorter children with low MUAC and weight-for-height z score ≥−2 may increase risk of excessive fat accumulation. Our aim was to assess if shorter children gain more fat than taller children when treated for moderate acute...