Comparison of nutritional status of under-five Indian children (NFHS 4 Data) using WHO 2006 charts and 2019 Indian synthetic charts

Abstract

Introduction: There is a growing body of evidence against using World Health Organization (WHO) charts for developing nations. Our objectives were: 1) To compare nutritional status of -0.5 (clinically significant), whereas on WHO charts all wealth classes had WHZ <-0.5. For children under the age of 6 months, WHZ from richest to poorest was between -0.97 and -0.89 by WHO and 0.27 and 0.38 by SC. Conclusions: Use of Indian synthetic growth charts for growth monitoring of under-five children may be more appropriate; infants under 6 months and children from well off families performed well on these charts.

Keywords

• indian
• nfhs
• nutrition
• synthetic growth charts
• under five
• who charts