Nutrition indicators for development: priority and intervention efforts

Abstract

The selection and identification of nutrition indicators should be based on precise criteria: measurability, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, relevance, sensitivity, and impact orientation. The Philippines used five nutrition indicators in the update of the Philippine Development Plan, 1990-1992: percentage of preschool children with weight less than 75% of the standard weight for age, percentage of schoolchildren 7-10 yr old with height less than 90% of standard height for age, percentage of schoolchildren 7-10 yr old with weight less than 75% of standard weight for age, per capita energy intake, and percentage of households with energy intake, and percentage of households with energy intake less than 100% adequacy. -from Authors