2.1: Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide - Linkages Project
2.1: Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide - Linkages Project
2.1: Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide - Linkages Project
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Acknowledgements<br />
This guide draws extensively from materials from the Anthropometry<br />
Resource Center, funded by the FAO/SADC project GCP/RAF/284/NET,<br />
Development of a Regional Food Security and Nutrition Information System,<br />
particularly the UN publication, How to Weigh and Measure Children:<br />
Assessing the Nutritional Status of Young Children in Household Surveys; and<br />
the WHO publication, Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of<br />
Anthropometry. The training tool was developed by Bill Bender and Sandy<br />
Remancus.<br />
We thank the reviewers for their thoughtful comments during the<br />
development of this guide. The Cooperating Sponsors were essential to the<br />
development of the guide and this guide is dedicated to them. Eunyong<br />
Chung of the Global Bureau’s Office of Health and Nutrition has provided<br />
insight and support for the guides and her efforts are appreciated. USAID<br />
Food for Peace officers encouraged and supported the development of the<br />
guides. A number of people assisted in the development of the guide and the<br />
writing of sections. Phil Harvey and Matthew Saaks rewrote and revised<br />
sections of the guide and their input is greatly appreciated. Sumathi<br />
Subramaniam and Laura Caulfield of Johns Hopkins University also<br />
contributed sections to the guide — Irwin Shorr, Penny Nestel, Anne<br />
Swindale, Patrick Diskin and Anne Ralte provided extensive comments and<br />
support for the guide.