<prompt> Deficit in weight for height in a 3 year old child indicates -Acute malnutritionChronic malnutritionConcomittant acute and chronicUnder weight  <response>: Weight reflects only the present health status of the child, the height indicate the events in the past also. So reduced weight for height denotes acute malnutrition. REF. PARKS TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICAL 21ST EDITION. PAGE NO - 501 