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Introduction: Nutrition in children with nephrotic syndrome is very important and requires attention. Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown that nutritional deficiencies decrease immune responses and increase the risk of infectious diseases. Nutritional status can relate with the incidence of relapse in children with nephrotic syndrome. This study aims to assess the nutritional status of children with nephrotic syndrome. Materials and method: This study was a descriptive study on two to eighteen years old children with idiophatic nephrotic syndrome in the pediatric outpatient clinic of Dr. Soetomo Hospital Surabaya from January-April 2021. The SPSS application is used to process the datas. Diagnosis of nutritional status was made from parameters of weight to height/length, for children aged >5 years based on the 2000 CDC-NCHS curve and for children aged ?5 years based on the WHO curve. Results: A total of 70 subjects met the inclusion criteria. The majority of the subjects were male and the median age was 9 years (2-18 years). There were 13 subjects with first attack nephrotic syndrome, 31 subjects with steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS)/frequent relapse nephrotic syndrome (FRNS) and 26 subjects with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). Overall, the majority of nutritional status in children with nephrotic syndrome were normal and the possible risk of overweight (64.3%), followed by overweight and obesity (24.2%) and malnutrition (11.5%). Conclusion: The majority nutritional status of all children with nephrotic syndrome is normal and possible risk of overweight, as well as in each type of nephrotic syndrome.