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While this is not a quantitative indicator, the responsible agency is currently exploring if there are any relevant policy/legislation appropriate for the Australian context.

Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or -2 standard deviation from the media of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age by type (wasting and overweight)

While children’s growth is monitored using growth charts in the clinical setting, the data from the growth charts are not collated on a national level, the state and territory level or for sub-groups of the population such as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.  Therefore the prevalence of malnutrition based on the WHO Child Growth Standards in Australia is not available.