Using mid-upper arm circumference z-score measurement to support youth malnutrition screening as part of a global sports and wellness program and improve access to nutrition care

Findings from our sample demonstrate that integration of MUAC <i>z</i>-score based malnutrition risk screening within community sports and wellness programming among non-HCPs is feasible, and that some regions with less frequent access to routine health care may experience greater benefit from these programs. Equipping non-HCP facilitators in community sports and wellness programs with training on malnutrition screening provides a means to meet under-resourced families where they live to begin conversations around malnutrition risk with the hope of establishing additional pathways to care.