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Nevertheless, there is a scarcity of information about anemia and associated factors among infants and young children aged 6 to 23 months in low-income countries like Ethiopia. Objective. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anemia and associated factors among infants and young children aged 6\u201323 months. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional study design was used among 531 mothers\/caregivers-children pairs in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa, Ethiopia, from February 1 to March 2, 2018. The cluster sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Sociodemographic data were collected from mothers\/caregivers using pretested structured questionnaires. Hemoglobin levels were measured using a HemoCue analyzer machine (HemoCue\u00ae Hb 301, \u00c4ngelholm, Sweden). All relevant data were described using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, proportions, mean, and standard deviation. Odds ratio and 95% CI were estimated using binary logistic regression to measure the strength of the association between anemia and explanatory variables. The level of statistical significance was declared at <jats:inline-formula>\n                     <a:math xmlns:a=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\">\n                        <a:mi>P<\/a:mi>\n                        <a:mo>&lt;<\/a:mo>\n                        <a:mn>0.05<\/a:mn>\n                     <\/a:math>\n                  <\/jats:inline-formula>. Results. The overall prevalence of anemia was 47.5% (95% CI: 43.1\u201351.4%) of which 18.3% were mildly anemic, 25% were moderately anemic, and 4.1% were severely anemic. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, household food insecurity (AOR\u2009=\u20092.7, 95% CI: 1.6\u20134.5), unmet minimum dietary diversity (AOR\u2009=\u20092.5, 95% CI: 1.4\u20134.3), stunting (AOR\u2009=\u20092.3, 95% CI: 1.2\u20134.3), and underweight (AOR\u2009=\u20092.7, 95% CI: 1.4\u20135.4) positively associated with anemia while having \u22654 antenatal care visits (AOR\u2009=\u20090.5, 95% CI: 0.3\u20130.9) and met minimum meal frequency (AOR\u2009=\u20090.25, 95% CI: 0.14\u20130.45) had a protective effect against anemia. Conclusion. Generally, the study showed that anemia was a severe public health problem among infants and young children in the study setting. Antenatal care visit, meal frequency, dietary diversity, underweight, stunting, and food insecurity significantly associated with anemia. 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