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Anthropometric cut-off points for older children and adolescents in Syria.

Valid's work in partnership with UNICEF Syria to develop contextualised mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) cut-off points for older children, adolescents and adults was featured in .

Anthropometric predictors of mortality in undernourished adults in the Ajiep Feeding Programme in Southern Sudan

Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Aug;98(2):335-9. doi:10.3945/ajcn.112.055095.Epub 2013 Jun 26.

An ongoing omission: adolescent and adult malnutrition in famine situations. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 18(5).

Assessment of nutritional status of adults in emergency-affected populations, RNIS Supplement ACCN (August)

Short-term prognosis in severe adult and adolescent malnutrition during famine, JAMA, (284(5))

Dietary treatment of severe malnutrition in adults, AJCN, (68 (1))

Using middle upper arm circumference to assess severe adult malnutrition during famine, JAMA (276 (5))

The limits of human adaptation to starvation, Nature Medicine 1(8)

The need for adult therapeutic care in emergency feeding programs. Lessons from Somalia, JAMA (270 (5))

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