Unraveling the South Asian enigma: concurrent manifestations of child anthropometric failures and their determinants in selected South Asian countries

Table 1 A portrayal of the categories of ECIAF among children

Groups	Descriptions	Explanation of the levels	Wasting	Stunting	Under weight	Over weight
A	No failure	Standard levels of WAZ,WHZ & HAZ	No	No	No	No
B	Wasting only	Only WHZ is below − 2 SD	Yes	No	No	No
C	Wasting & Underweight	WHZ & WAZ are below − 2 SD, but HAZ is in a normal range	Yes	No	Yes	No
D	Wasting, Stunting & Underweight	WHZ, HAZ & WAZ, all are below − 2 SD	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
E	Stunting & Underweight	HAZ & WAZ, are below − 2 SD, but WHZ is in a normal range	No	Yes	Yes	No
F	Stunting only	Only HAZ is below − 2 SD	No	Yes	No	No
G	Stunting &Overweight	If WHZ & WAZ are above 2 SD	No	No	No	Yes
H	Overweight only	If HAZ is below − 2 SD and WHZ & WAZ are above 2 SD	No	Yes	No	Yes
Y	Underweight only	WAZ is below − 2 SD	No	No	Yes	No

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