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Abstract Children are our investment in tomorrow’s society. Their health and the way in which we nurture them through adolescence into adulthood will affect the prosperity and stability of countries over the coming decades. The nutritional status of children is directly related to their health condition and both in turn are key determinants of the human and social development of communities around the world. Improvement of nutrition and health increase the chances of child survival and is a precondition for economic development. This study aimed to assess the nutritional status of preparatory school students in Lattakia city, and to develop a nutritional profile for them. A descriptive design was carried out in 5 strata containing governmental preparatory schools in Lattakia governorate representing both urban and rural areas and including 828 students aged 9-15 years in 2012-2013. Using the equal allocation method; one school was selected randomly from each of the 5 strata’s (governmental outstanding school, governmental boys urban school, governmental urban girls school, governmental urban mixed school, and governmental rural mixed school). One class from each of the five grades in the selected 5 schools was selected randomly yielding a total number of 25 lasses. All students in the selected classes were included except those students with chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, asthma, or renal diseases). |