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Present study describes the nutritional status, body composition, and intestinal parasitism among Mby\u00e1\u2010Guaran\u00ed children from three communities in the Misiones Province. Anthropometric parameters were analized for 178 individuals (aged 1\u201314). Data were transformed to <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\u2010scores using NHANES I and II. Stunting showed the greatest prevalence (44.9%). Children were found to have low arm circumference and low arm muscle area, although with tricipital skinfold value near to the reference. They also tend to have shorter than normal lower limbs. Fecal samples and anal brushes (for <jats:italic>Enterobius vermicularis<\/jats:italic>) were collected in 45 children (aged 1\u201313). Ritchie's sedimentation and Willis' flotation techniques were used to determine parasitoses. Ninety five percent of children were infected with at least one species and 81.4% were polyparasitized. The higher prevalences corresponded to <jats:italic>Blastocystis hominis<\/jats:italic>, hookworms (<jats:italic>Ancylostoma duodenale<\/jats:italic>\/<jats:italic>Necator americanus<\/jats:italic>), and <jats:italic>Entamoeba coli<\/jats:italic>. Associations occurred between hookworms with <jats:italic>B. hominis<\/jats:italic>\/<jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>coli<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>hominis<\/jats:italic> with nonpathogenic amoebas. Thirty nine percent of the children with stunting presented <jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>hominis<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Strongyloides<\/jats:italic>, and hookworms. Our results indicate that this indigenous population is subjected to extreme poverty conditions and is one of the most marginalized in this country. Severe growth stunting and parasitic infection are still quite common among Mby\u00e1 children affecting about half of them along with significant changes in body composition and proportions. Am. J. Hum. 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