“…Moreover, in this sequence, the children suffer and this leads to the pattern of imbalanced nutritional intake and reduced health status among school-age children living in orphanages (22,33,34). The effect of the decrease in health status causes severe problems including a 45 % mortality rate for these children (5,12,13) and other severe problems such as a decreased immune system, a reduction in IQ score, a decrease in cognitive development, impaired concentration, and attention span, and a decrease in self-confidence (6,7,20,24) However, the food intake and nutritional status of school-age children living in the orphanage setting is unknown and no data has been published on this issue. Therefore, the researcher intended to identify the food intake pattern involved in relation to the nutritional status of schoolage children (6-12 years) at Muhammadiyah Orphanage in Surabaya, Indonesia.…”