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Obeng-Amoako, Gloria A. Odei, Heather Stobaugh, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, et al. Maternal & Child Nutrition, October 2022

Although a weight-for-age z-score less than three (WAZ <−3) is common among severely and moderately wasted children, this indicator is not widely used in treatment programming. Children with moderate wasting and WAZ <−3, who are typically not eligible for therapeutic feeding, likely require longer or more tailored treatment.