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Abstract Stunting is a serious problem if not addressed, causing the quality of human resources to decline. Stunting prevention is influenced by the mother's level of knowledge about stunting. To find out the nutritional status of toddlers, it is necessary to measure the nutritional status of toddlers every month at the Posyandu. This research is descriptive correlation to determine the relationship between the level of maternal knowledge about preventing stuting and the nutritional status of toddlers. The sample in this study was 39 mothers who had toddlers and whose toddlers were weighed at Posyandu Wijaya Kusuma Nyamplung Lor Balecatur Gamping Sleman. The mother's level of knowledge about stunting was measured using a questionnaire distributed after the mother weighed her toddler. The results of the study showed that the majority of mothers had secondary education, had a good level of stunting prevention, the nutritional status of the toddlers was mostly good and there was a significant relationship between the mother's level of knowledge of stunting prevention and the nutritional status of the toddlers, p value <0.05 Key wards: Stunting, nutritional status
Wahyuningsih et al. (Mon,) studied this question.