A cross sectional study on the nutrition status of 101 children in pre-elementary school was carried out (52 boys and 49 girls). The age ranged from 5 years 1 month to 6 years 5 months old. The nutrition status was evaluated by WHO-NCHS criteria, 57.8 percent of the boys were wellnourished, 21.1 percent were past malnutrition, 21.1 percent were underfed, girls 63.3 percent were wellnourished, 3…