This version was machine-translated from German and has not been medically reviewed. The authoritative version is the German version.
Percentage weight loss
Newborns: loss from birth weight with ABM thresholds (8–10 % from day 5); children 2–20 years: AND/ASPEN criteria (5 / 7.5 / 10 %)
Calculation aid for healthcare professionals: the calculator reproduces what the sources cited assign to the inputs. Clinical assessment and every treatment decision remain with the treating physician. Inputs and results are not stored.
Frequently asked questions
Percentage weight loss: What does this calculator compute?
Calculates the percentage weight loss: in newborns from birth weight with the thresholds of the ABM protocol 3 (mean loss 5.5 %, assessment from 8–10 % from day of life 5), in children and adolescents aged 2–20 years from usual body weight with the AND/ASPEN malnutrition criteria (5 % mild, 7.5 % moderate, 10 % severe).
Percentage weight loss: Which sources is this calculator based on?
Kellams A, Harrel C, Omage S, Gregory C, Rosen-Carole C; Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine: ABM Clinical Protocol #3: Supplementary Feedings in the Healthy Term Breastfed Neonate, Revised 2017 (Breastfeed Med 12:188–198) (2017); Becker P, Carney LN, Corkins MR, et al.: Consensus Statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Indicators Recommended for the Identification and Documentation of Pediatric Malnutrition (Undernutrition) (Nutr Clin Pract 30:147–161) (2015)