The subject of this paper is nutritional status and outdoor, to be more precisely physical activity of preschool children. The aim of this paper is to determine the role of a healthy lifestyle for the growth and development of the child, that has an impact on creating healthy eating habits and physical activity in children, that can encourage children to engage in physical activity in and out of preschool and which activities can be carried out through play to encourage children's physical exercise and physical activity. For the purposes of this paper, research was conducted in different cities and kindergartens, in order to, by measuring body weight (BW), body height (BH) and calculating body mass index (BMI) and percentile body mass index, find out the nutritional status of one generation of preschool children and the amount of time spent in outdoor activities. The participants in the research were parents/guardians of preschool children from two different kindergartens ("Iskrica" and "Travica"), from two different cities (Senj and Zagreb). The children were ranged in age from four to seven years. A total of 38 parents guardians who completed the survey participated in the survey. The study included 24 boys and 14 girls from larger and smaller cities, and also rural areas. The results showed that there was no significant difference between boys and girls in nutritional status or level of physical activity. Likewise, the results showed that there is not too much difference between the nutritional status or the time spent in dynamic activities according to the place of residence.