A comprehensive nutritional survey conducted in Chengdu, 1986 among 488 day-school pupil aged 6 to 12 years showed that definite improvement in the dietary intake of heat energy, protein, iron, thiamin, niacin and ascorbic acid and other nutrients as compared with 1982, apparently the result of improved living standards. Nevertheless, the intake of energy food in breakfast meals were still inadequate. The findings revealed that 38.3% of the pupils suffered mild anemia. Special attention should be paid to the pupils' nutritional status during the adolescent growth spurt.