The purpose of this research is to characterize the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children between two to ten years old, and its relation with their nutritional status.123 children were assessed, from a secondary school in the town of Galapa at the Atlantico department, in the Colombian Caribbean region (Colombia).After informed consent from their parents, after children were weighed and carved, stool samples were collected in triplicate/duplicate.Samples were processed using the sedimentation technique by centrifugation and kato katz.Our results showed parasitism in 39% of the population with a 38% of the individuals infected by protozoa and a 0.8 % with helminths.Analysis by gender showed that there were not statistical significant difference with 20.3% boys were infected compared with 17.1% of the girls.Furthermore, parasites prevalence was not statistically different when analyzed by gender.The parasites with the highest prevalence