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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.

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