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UN Standing Committee for Nutrition - Facts sheets on Nutrition and Food Security Indicators/Measures: Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) | | type | | Link | | language | | English | | date | | 3 Mar 08 | | description | | • The template aims at providing a standard framework for compiling key information on food and nutrition security indicators or measures. It starts by listing characteristics most useful for decision-makers (rows 1 to 5). More technical features follow.
• AME = assessment, monitoring and evaluation
• For decision-makers/managers, a table selecting rows 1 to 6 could be extracted.
• For technical/programme staff, the whole table would be relevant
MUAC is a good indicator of muscle mass and can be used as a proxy of wasting. It is also a very good predictor of the risk of death.
| | contributed by | | Mark Smulders | | filename |  Factsheet MUAC Hanoi.doc |
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