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Nutritional Status Assessment and Analysis (3 Lessons)

This course covers the basic concepts of malnutrition, describes how nutritional status is assessed, and identifies the most commonly used nutrition indicators, as well as the criteria to be used when selecting the indicators in specific contexts and situations.

> Trainer Notes (word, 54 kb)

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Lesson 1: Nutritional Status and Food Security

This lesson defines the concept of malnutrition, provides an understanding of the factors influencing nutritional status, and describes the relationships between nutrition, food security, health and mortality.

> Slide Presentation (powerpoint, 992 kb)
> Learner Notes (word, 349 kb)
> Exercises (word, 138 kb)

Lesson 2: Assessing Nutritional Status

This lesson provides an overview of the characteristics of the main sources of nutritional status information, and promotes an integrated analysis of the nutrition situation through an understanding of the underlying causes of malnutrition.

> Slide Presentation (powerpoint, 1 Mb)
> Learner Notes (word, 1.46 Mb)
> Exercises (word, 151 kb)

Lesson 3: Nutritional Status Indicators

This lesson describes the most commonly used indicators for nutritional status and causes of malnutrition, and provides criteria for selecting nutrition indicators in specific contexts and situations.

> Slide Presentation (powerpoint, 831 kb)
> Learner Notes (word, 706 kb)
> Exercises (word, 95 kb)