The health of children is of fundamental importance. Over 1/5th comprises of children aged 5-14 years i.e. the group covering and secondary education of our population.As today’s children are the citizens of tomorrow’s world, their survival, protection and development are the prerequisite for the future development of humanity. Without ensuring optimal child growth and development efforts to accelerate economic development significantly will be unsuccessful. Children under the age of 5 years constitute a priority group because of their large numbers.

Objectives: The objectives of the study were 1) To assess the nutritional status of the under-five children in the selected hospitals of the city 2) To find out the association between nutritional status of under five children with selected demographic variables.

Methodology: Quantitative research & descriptive design was adopted for the study. A total of 100 samples were selected using non probability convenient sampling technique at selected hospitals of the Nagpur city. The tool use for this study comprises of 3 sections, section A: Demographic data which consist the items for obtaining information about the selected background factors such as, age, gender, religion, types of family, place of residence, educational status of mother, educational status of father, type of delivery, no. of birth order, type of diet, & family income per month. Section B: children distributed according to their nutritional status (by using WHO criteria of malnutrition), other parameters for malnutrition like specific vitamin distribution, specific trace elements, questionnaire about the sources of food in diet of under five children. Section C: association of nutritional status by using WHO criteria of malnutrition with selected demographic variables. Result: The study findings revealed that association of the nutritional status (stunting) with religion, place of residence & birth order, for weight for height (wasting) with type of family. Conclusion: the assessment of under-five children was found to be effective to know the nutritional status of the children.

Keywords: Under- Five Children; Assess; Nutritional Status; Hospital.