Objective To have knowledge about the health status of children for the last four years and to find out if there are any differences in health status of children from different education institutions so as to provide a basis for taking intervention measures.Method Detection rate of obesity

low weight

growth retardation

emaciation and primary dental caries in children aged between 2 and 6 of different education institutions in Jiaoling County from 2008 and 2011 was compared.Results The detection rates of obesity

low weight

growth retardation and emaciation in children aged between 2 and 6 all over the county were 0.1%

2

.9% and that of primary dental caries was 36.2%

3

8.8%.;the detection rates of obesity

low weight and emaciation in children were related to specific years and that of obesity and low weight showed a decreasing tendency year by year.The detection rates of low weight and growth retardation in children from public kindergartens were lower than that of private kindergartens

and the differences were statistically significant（p

<

0.01）.Conclusion Children aged between 2 and 6 have a good physical status but the primary dental caries is not optimistic.Detection rate of partial dysplasia in children from different education institutions is different and health care work should be carried out in accordance with specific situations in different education institutions.