<p>We applied a descriptive cross-sectional study followed by unmatched case-control study from May 1-15, 2022 at Dubti district. Cases were children 6-59 months with WFH&lt;−3SD or &lt;70% or MUAC 85% or MUAC ≥125mm with no edema. We used line list for descriptive study and 252 mother-child pair for case-control study, case-control ratio 1:2. Cases were randomly selected while neighborhood controls were purposively included. Data were collected with structured and pretested questionnaire, entered by Epi-data 3.1 and analyzed with SPSS 25.0. Both bivariable and multivariable binary LR analysis were performed to identify independent predictors. Finally, AOR with 95 CI and P value &lt;0.05 were used to determine the strength of association</p>