人体测量方法已被普遍用于诊断儿童中的营养不良症,而且测定儿童的体格生长发育可作为评价社会健康状况的一种指标。本文报导了巴西东北部5岁以下701名儿童的一次营养调查结果。评价儿童营养状况分别用4种指标,即年龄的体重,年龄的身高、身高的体重、中上臂围(MUAC)。材料及方法选择5岁以下儿童是考虑到此年龄 Anthropometric methods have been widely used to diagnose malnutrition in children, and determining the physical growth and development of children can be used as an indicator of social health. This article reports on the results of a nutrition survey of 701 children under the age of 5 in northeastern Brazil. Evaluation of children’s nutritional status, respectively, with four kinds of indicators, namely, the age of the weight, height of age, height and weight, upper arm circumference (MUAC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Choosing children under 5 years of age is based on this age