Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are both overweight and severely stunted from the median weight-for-height of the reference population
Severely stunted and overweight ((WHZ > +2 but HAZ ≥-3)
Numerator Definition
Number of children under 5 falling below -3 standard deviations from the median height for age and falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population
Denominator Definition
Children under 5 years of age in the surveyed population with valid heights-for-age and valid weights-for-height
Population used for aggregation
Children 0-59 months
Aggregation method
Not Aggregated
Is SOWC: No
Is Emergency Indicator: No
Custodian: Division of Analysis, Planning & Monitoring, UNICEF