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Item NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH FEEDING AND WITHOUT FEEDING PROGRAM IN SANKURA WEREDA, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, 2022: COMPARATIVE CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2022-05) TAJUDIN NESREBackground: Significant numbers of Ethiopian primary school students are affected by undernutrition and prone to poor academic performance. To avert such nutritional problems the government in collaboration with world food program has implemented a school feeding program. However, limited evidences exist regarding the improvement of school feeding program on nutritional status compare to non-school feeding program.Objective: To compare the nutritional status of primary school students from school with feeding program to without Feeding Program, in Sankura woreda, Southern Ethiopia, 2022.Method: A school-based comparative cross-sectional study design was conducted among 472students, from May 1 - 30/2022. A multi-stage technique with proportional allocation wasapplied. A Pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were entered into Epi-Data 4.6 Software and analysis was done using Statistical Product and Service Solutionsversion 25 software. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were done. Anthropometric data were analyzed using Anthro-plus software.Result: In this study, 29% (95% CI = 25.4-33.4) and 21.6% (18.2-25.2) of students were thin among non-school feeding program and school feeding program respectively. Moreover, 19.6%(10.8-20.7) and 15.5% (12.8-18.7) of students among non-school feeding and school feedingprogram were stunted respectively. Nonetheless, 6% (3-9.1) and 5.2% (2.5-8.3) of students counted as overweight among school feeding program and non-school feeding programrespectively. Being early adolescent 2.5(1.22-5.1), being male 3.7(2.44–6.06) and students who did not take meals at school 1.6(1.03–2.49) were statistically associated with thinness. Students having a mother with no formal education 2.3(1.2–4.47) and having poor dietary diversity score1.7(1.05–2.89) were statistically associated with stunting. Students having a mother with no formal education 2.5(1.1–5.8) was statistically associated with overweight.Conclusion: Thinness was higher among schools without feeding program than schools with feeding program. But stunting and overweight were not significant difference between both types of schools. Early adolescent and male students and students who did not take meals at school; and students having a mother with no formal education and having poor dietary diversity scoresignificant factors of thinness and stunting respectively. Thus, education on diversified foods and optimal nutritional advice should be encouraged