The Correlation Between Mothers Knowledge About Nutrition and The Incidence of Stunting in Toddlers in Bejiharjo Kepanewon Karangmojo Gunung Kidul Yogyakarta

Stunting is the impact of nutrient deficiencies during the first thousand days of life. This disrupts children's physical development, causing a decline in cognitive and motor abilities and decreased work performance. This research contributed to determining the relationship between maternal knowledge about nutrition and the incidence of stunting, to determine the level of maternal knowledge about nutrition, and to determine the nutritional status of stunted children. This study is quantitative with a cross-sectional research design. The number of samples was 37, with a sampling technique using purposive sampling. This research was carried out in Bejiharjo Gunung Kidul Yogyakarta from June to August 2023. Results: The results showed that the results of Spearman's rho test >0.05 of 0.793 means there is no relationship between maternal knowledge about nutrition and the incidence of stunting in toddlers in Bejiharjo Kepanewon Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. Conclusion: there is no relationship between maternal knowledge about nutrition and the incidence of stunting and maternal knowledge is good enough.