GROWTH OF UNDER 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN KYENI, KENYA

During a three-months period a cross-sectional study of the measuremen ts of head circumference, mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) and weigh t was performed in 515 under five-year old children in Kyeni, Kenya. G rowth of Kyeni children seems to develop according to international st andards for weight-for-age, MUAC-for-age and head circumference and fo r all parameters the average remains above minus 2 SD of the standard. Despite the presence of anthropometric malnutrition and downward tren d in weight-for-age, MUAC-for-age and to a lesser degree the head circ umference-for-age, the average growth of the Kyeni children in Kenya i s within normal limits of international references.