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Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this paper analyses that height for age (HAZ) of children from urban area is higher than that of those from rural areas on average and the height varies among rural children. Gender also has similar impact on children’s height, namely, HAZ of girls is lower than that of boys. In addition, only children has better nutrition health than others and living with parents or not has great impact on children’s nutrition health as well.