eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Food and Nutrition 2014-09-14 2 4 63 65 10.12691/ajfn-2-4-3 AJFN2014243 article Faroug Bakheit Mohamed Ahmed 1 Nagah A.A.Mohamed nagahabdelwahab@hotmail.com 2 Department o f biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Shendi University Sudan University of science and technology, Sudan One hundred twenty four children (56 boys & 68 girls) aged 6-7 years old, from Elshagalwa village basic school in Nile state, North Sudan, were invited to assess their nutritional status. Mean± standard deviations of measured anthropometric parameters were (18.7 ± 2.2 kg, 113.4 ± 5.9cm, 15.9±1.3 cm and 8.9 ± 1.6 mm) for body weight, height, mid upper arm circumference and triceps skin fold. Z scores for the level of W/H the values below -2Zscore were recorded in 5.6% of children and all of them were moderately wasted. At the level of W/A; the values below -2Zscore were recorded in 11.3% of children and all of them were moderately under weight, whereas at the level of H/A; the below -2Zscore values were recorded by 20.9% of children of whom 4% were found to be severely stunted and 16.9% moderately stunted. Only 12.8% of the study samples were found suffering from malnutrition. Increases family economic level and inauguration of health education promotion are recommended for prevention of malnutrition in rural communities. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajfn/2/4/3/ajfn-2-4-3.pdf child nutrition rural area Sudan