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# Measuring weight {#sec-measure-weight}

## Equipment {#sec-measure-weight-equipment}
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# Measuring mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) {#muac}
# Measuring mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) {#sec-measure-muac}

## Equipment

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# Checking for oedema {#oedema}
# Checking for oedema {#sec-test-oedema}

Nutritional oedema, manifested as bilateral pitting oedema, is a sign of severe acute malnutrition. Nutritional oedema always starts from the feet and extends upwards to other parts of the body. Children with nutritional oedema are at high risk of mortality hence require immediate therapeutic care. This [chapter](#oedema) describes how to check nutritional oedema.

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# Anthropometric measurement standardisation test {#standard}
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The survey personnel should go through theoretical discussions and demonstrations on how to perform the anthropometric measurements. This should then be followed by practical demonstration of the measurement techniques, measurement readings and recording ideally with a large number of children particularly if there is a large number of survey personnel. Once all personnel have had the opportunity to adequately practice their measurement and recording techniques, a standardisation test or exercise must be carried out. Chapter \@ref(standard) provides detailed instructions on how to carry out an anthropometric measurement standardisation test as part of a training process in preparation for a nutrition survey.

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# Measuring dietary diversity {#diet}
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## Introduction
Dietary diversity can be measured in various ways with the traditional approach being time consuming, expensive, and requiring a high level of technical skill both in data collection and analysis. Recent development work in this indicator has brought about the use of a qualitative approach to food consumption that reflects household access to a wide variety of foods, and is also a proxy of the nutrient adequacy of the diet for individuals. The approach uses a specifically designed and tested dietary diversity questionnaire as a tool to elicit food consumption information in a more rapid, user-friendly and cost-effective approach. Administration of the questionnaire is straightforward and can be handled easily by trained enumerators. The scoring and/or analysis of the information gained from the questionnaire is easy to understand, quick to implement, and can be applied with minimal technical expertise.
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# Household Food Insecurity Access Scale {#hfias}
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## Introduction
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) is one of the experience-based food insecurity scales. Experience-based indicators are constructed from a short questionnaire that captures households’ behavioural and psychological manifestations of insecure food access, such as having to reduce the number of meals consumed or cut back on the quality of the food due to a lack of resources. HFIAS was developed in 2006 by the USAID-funded Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II project (FANTA) in collaboration with Tufts and Cornell Universities, among other partners.
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# Preface {.unnumbered}

Nutrition and food security surveys provide the information from which to assess the nutritional and food security status of a population. This document provides guidance on specific aspects of conducting nutrition and food security surveys. Chapters 2 to 7 focus on the various anthropometric measurements performed during nutrition surveys. [Chapter 2](#anthro) first describes two forms of undernutrition - acute undernutrition and chronic undernutrition - and then explains each including the signs and symptoms associated and the anthropometric indices used to diagnose them. [Chapter 3](#weight), \@ref(height), \@ref(muac), and \@ref(oedema) describes the equipment needed, the personnel required and the steps to undertake in performing weight, height, MUAC and oedema measurements respectively. [Chapter 7](#standard) then discusses how survey personnel can be assessed as to their abilities to perform the various anthropometric measurements through a standardisation test.
Nutrition and food security surveys provide the information from which to assess the nutritional and food security status of a population. This document provides guidance on specific aspects of conducting nutrition and food security surveys. Chapters 1 to 6 focus on the various anthropometric measurements performed during nutrition surveys. Chapter 1 first describes two forms of undernutrition - acute undernutrition and chronic undernutrition - and then explains each including the signs and symptoms associated and the anthropometric indices used to diagnose them. Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 describe the equipment needed, the personnel required and the steps to undertake in performing weight, height, MUAC and oedema measurements respectively. Chapter 6 then discusses how survey personnel can be assessed as to their abilities to perform the various anthropometric measurements through a standardisation test.

[Chapter 8](#diet) and \@ref(food) then talks about dietary diversity and food consumption, two indicator sets that are used for food security assessments. In [Chapter 8](#diet), minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W) and minimum dietary diversity for children under 2 years (MDD) are discussed particularly the standard questionnaire used and the different food groups assessed. In [Chapter 9](#food), the food consumption score (FCS) is described including the standard questionnaire used and the different food groups assessed. Finally, [Chapter 9](#hfias) talks about the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), the standard questions used to develop a questionnaire and the three food security domains it assesses.
Chapter 7 and 8 then talk about dietary diversity and food consumption, two indicator sets that are used for food security assessments. In Chapter 7, minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W) and minimum dietary diversity for children under 2 years (MDD) are discussed particularly the standard questionnaire used and the different food groups assessed. In Chapter 8, the food consumption score (FCS) is described including the standard questionnaire used and the different food groups assessed. Finally, Chapter 9 talks about the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), the standard questions used to develop a questionnaire and the three food security domains it assesses.

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