The prevalence of wasting in Czech infants: a comparison of the WHO child growth standards and the Czech growth references

摘要

The objective of this descriptive study was to evaluate the performance of the international World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standards in the Czech Republic and determine the prevalence of wasting among children using the 1991 Czech growth reference and the WHO growth standards. The study utilized the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards and the 1991 Czech growth references. The WHO standards were based on a longitudinal study of 882 children aged 0–24 months and on cross‐sectional studies of 6669 children aged 18–71 months. The 1991 Czech growth references were based on a cross‐sectional survey including 90 910 children aged 0–18 years (34 164 were children aged