In communities of the poorest countries the children sufferer of malnutrition that is rapidly emerging. Inadequate dietary intake and disease may cause of malnutrition. This study amid to give knowledge about diet quality of stunted some Egyptian preschool children and designing a proper nutrition education massages and suitable prophylactic program to improve linear growth. The study was purposed as included (30) preschooler aged 2 ≤ 6 years old, with delayed linear growth, randomly selected from the stunted outpatient clinic of National Nutrition Institute (NNI) and (30) healthy case in the same age and sex as a control group. All participants were subjected to the baseline assessment (dietary intake including “Twenty four-hour recall “method; anthropometric measurements including ‘weight and height'; lab investigation including hemoglobin, serum Ca, Vit D, Vit A, TSH, T4, T3, concentration. Results showed that mean height for age Z score is significantly lower among the stunted compared to the control group. Dietary intake analysis showed that mean intake of all macronutrients and micronutrients was significantly lower among stunted; the difference was highly significant between the two groups.
All blood values of TSH, T3,T4,Ca, &Vit A were significantly lower among stunted group as compared to normal group. Conclusion, it seemed that dietary intake deficiency of several nutrients of stunted children intake may play an important role in their linear growth retardation. Preventive strategies to protective stunting and promote healthy eating consumption are recommended.