The Wellcome system evaluates the child for edema and with the Gomez classification system.
Weight for Age (Gomez)
With Edema
Without Edema
60-80%
kwashiorkor
undernutrition
< 60%
marasmic-kwashiorkor
marasmus
Limitation:
• This does not differentiate acute from chronic malnutrition.
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Specialty: Nutrition, Pedatrics
ICD-10: ,
