Classify weight-for-length/height (wasting), birth to 5 years
GET /weight-for-length-height/classify · API key required
WHO weight-for-length (under 24 months, lying, 45-110 cm) or weight-for-height (24-60 months, standing, 65-120 cm) as a z-score, looked up by length/height to 0.1 cm. If measured the other way for the age, 0.7 cm is added or subtracted and reported in position_adjustment. Strict cut-offs: severe wasting below -3SD, moderate wasting below -2SD, normal -2SD to +1SD, possible risk of overweight above +1SD, overweight above +2SD, obesity above +3SD. implausible is true when |z| > 5. Bilateral pitting oedema means severe acute malnutrition regardless of z-score. Screening aid only, not a diagnosis.
Parameters
sex(query, required) - girls or boys (girl, boy, female, male, f, m also accepted)age_months(query, required) - Whole completed monthsweight_kg(query) - Weight in KILOGRAMSweight_g(query) - Weight in GRAMS (used if weight_kg is absent)length_cm(query) - Length or height in CENTIMETRES (height_cm is an alias)height_cm(query)length_mm(query) - Millimetres (height_mm is an alias); used if no cm value is givenmeasured(query) - How the child was measured; default lying under 24 months, standing from 24
Responses
200- Classification400404422- Length/height is outside the WHO table for this age429