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From: Potential consequences of expanded MUAC-only programs on targeting of acutely malnourished children and ready-to-use-therapeutic-food allocation: lessons from cross-sectional surveys

Fig. 1

Overlap of the SAM and GAM categories of children defined either by WHZ or MUAC criteria based on the aggregated totals presented in Table 1

SAM severe acute malnutrition, GAM global acute malnutrition, RUTF ready-to-use therapeutic food, WHZ weight-for-height z-score, MUAC mid-upper arm circumference

Categories represented by colors are as follows: GAM by WHZ (red), SAM by WHZ (orange), SAM by MUAC (blue), and GAM by MUAC (green)

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