Use Of Mid Upper-Arm Circumference (Muac) As Screening Tool In An Urban Township In The Eastern Cape: Rationale For Testing Changed Cut-Off Values To Identify Malnutrition

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is still a public health concern in South Africa illustrated by the increase in the number of SAM cases from 21 598 in 2012/2013 to 23 743 in 2013/2014.1 To decrease SAM, early identification of children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is needed.(Full text available online at www.medpharm.tandfonline.com/ojcn )South Afr J Clin Nutr 2017; DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2017.1376859