Survey of Food Habits and Daily Food IntakeFor Kindergarten According to (BMI)

This study was undertaken to construct percentile curves of food habits , cut off points for daily energy intakeaccording to body mass index (BMI) of kindergarten children in Damietta,. In this study measuring height, weight and BMI for fifty two children aged 4-6 years, then make questionnaires for the food habits, and questionnaires to track the child's energy intake per day, during 2014. Obtained results indicated that: 3.8% were underweight, 67.3% were in normal weight, 19.2% were in overweight, and9.6% were in obesity, The study also proved that no relationship between BMI in children and energy expenditure per day, all the children in underweight 2 (3.8%) and the most of the children in normal weight 15 (28.8%) expenditure more than 1400 kcal per day, the most of the children in overweight and obesity 7 (13.5%), 3(5.8%) respectivelyexpenditure from 1000 to 1400kcal per day.This need to reconsidering of the different reasons for children overweight and obesity in all age stages