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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 24, 174-176, Copyright © 1971 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

An age-independent anthropometric index of nutritional status

A. E. Dugdale 1

1 From the Department of Human Nutrition, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England

For children between the ages of one and five years, the ratio weight/height1.6 is independent of age but correlates with the nutritional status. This ratio can be used as a nutritional index when the age of the child is not accurately known.






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