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Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the nutritional conditions of pre-school children who apply to the hospital due to infection and to determine the relationship between the frequency of infection and growth and development. Method: This study of the identifying type of cutting was carried out with a total of 110 children between 3 and 6 years of age who applied to an infection hospital in Istanbul. The data of the study was collected through a face-to-face interview technique through a survey form that includes questions about the child’s age, gender, health status, infection frequency, cleaning habits, anthropometric measurements and food consumption frequency. According to body mass index (BMI) Z scores, 8.1% of children are very weak, 9.1% weak, 44.5% normal, 21.8% overweight and 16.4% obese. 36.4 percent of children have an infection 1-3 times a year, while 63.6 percent have an infection 4 or more times a year. In children who frequently clean the rooms, the infection rate is higher (p<0.05). Except for vitamin D, there was no connection between the daily consumption of energy and nutrients in children and the frequency of infection (p>0.05). Children who consume less vitamin D experience 4 or more infections per year (p<0.05). The result: Infectious diseases that are common in childhood affect growth and development. The nutritional status and growth of children with frequent infection due to the bilateral relationship between infection and lack of nutrition should be closely monitored.

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