This descriptive correlational study was conducted among students of the Faculty of Nursing, National University of Trujillo during the months of April to June 2010 with the purpose of determining the relationship between eating habits and physical activity nutritional status of students. The sample consisted of 106 students who attended the various courses of study. The instrument was a questionnaire - survey which includes questions regarding physical activity and eating habits developed by the authors taking into account the size under study and the proposed theoretical framework. The results were tabulated and presented in graphs and tables in a double-entry, numerically and percentage. The statistical analysis was applied to test independence of criteria (X2) Chi square, to measure the degree of association. According to the results, 68.9% had a normal nutritional status, 23.6% are ...