Adequate dietary intake is responsible to fulfill the body’s need for proper functioning and growth especially during the early stages of life. The aim of this current study was to access the nutritional status and dietary intake of the children under the age of five years in district Faisalabad. Inadequate dietary intake, an unbalanced and insufficient diet in macronutrients and micronutrients, can result in malnutrition, stunting, wasting, under-weight, obesity, and an increased risk of other infectious diseases in children