Background: Dietary behaviors and nutritional status in childhood and adolescence plays an important role in the health of adults. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between anthropometric indicators of nutritional behaviors in students in the city of falavarjan Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on191 students (95 males and 96 females). Initially using standard tools and methods, weight in kilograms, height and waist circumference in centimeters were measured and recorded in special forms by the expert nutritionists. To calculate BMI, body weight divided by the square of height. Waist circumference also divided by height for measuring abdominal obesity. The Nutritional status of children was determined using WHO age-adjusted BMI charts. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 and statistics t-test, chi-square.Results: 12.6% of students were underweight, 24% were at risk of being overweight or obese. Abdominal obesity was 19.3 %.20% of students ate breakfast occasionally and 2% did not eat breakfast at all.18.4% were sleeping immediately after eating lunch or dinner, 13.0% of students in the study ate fast, and 28.3% ate as they were satisfied with the food.41.0% did not have a certain time to eat, 35.0% liked eating fatty foods, and only 43.0% ate milk daily.43.1% ate food while watching TV or movies.There were significant differences between daily eating dairy foods, fatty foods and abdominal obesity and also between eating at a specific time, eating when satisfied and BMI. Significant difference (P<0.05) was seen between eating while watching TV, obesity and BMI.Conclusion: Inappropriate eating behaviors in the study population were prevalent. The prevalence of being overweight and obesity were more than being underweight.Identify ingand modifying nutritional behaviors and lifestyle in students can be helpful to perform targeted interventions.