Which of the following classifications based on body weight are not commonly used in India?

Correct option is D

The Hamwi method is not commonly used in India for body weight classification. It is primarily used in Western countries to estimate ideal body weight based on height, mostly for adults, not for assessing nutritional status in children. In India, body weight classifications like Gomez, IAP, and Standard Deviation (SD) methods are more widely used in clinical and public health settings, particularly for evaluating Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) in children.
Information Booster:
· Gomez classification: Categorizes malnutrition in children based on percentage of expected weight for age.
· IAP classification: Provided by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, this system also uses weight-for-age criteria and is widely adopted in Indian pediatric practice.
· Standard Deviation classification: Based on Z-scores, used in WHO growth standards to classify malnutrition.
· Hamwi method: Used to determine ideal body weight (IBW) for adults, typically in clinical nutrition or diet planning, and not for child malnutrition assessment in India.
Additional Knowledge:
· India’s public health and clinical systems focus more on child malnutrition and undernutrition assessment through weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for-height, and Z-score (SD) classifications, while Hamwi method remains largely irrelevant in this context.