Well education about nutrition can improve maternal nutritional knowledge and practices
significantly, that improve the growth of children. Aim: Assess the effect of mothers' nutritional
knowledge, attitude, and practices in childcare on the growth of children. Subjects and method:
Design: An analytical cross-sectional study research design was conducted for 100 mothers and
their children aged 6-23 months in Medical Pediatric Out-Patient Clinic in Sohag University
Hospital. Tools for data collection: Four tools were used to collect the data in the current study,
tool (I): A structured questionnaire that consisted of two parts: part (1): Sociodemographic
characteristics of mothers of children, part (2): Demographic characteristics of children, tool (II):
Anthropometric measurement tool, and tool (III): Nutrition-related KAP model questionnaires
(Module 2: Feeding young children (6–23 months), and tool (IV): Modified Fahmy and ElSherbini
scale. Results: it observed that a significant positive relationship was detected between knowledge,
attitude, and practices and WFA (r = 0.26, P = 0.0001) and between WFH (r = 0.11, P = 0.02). In
the studied young children, it was observed that 54% of young children between 6-8 months
consume the recommended and 59% of young children between 9 and 23 months consume more
than recommended. Conclusion: Mothers' nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding
childcare have positively affected the growth of children. Recommendations: Educational
programs about balanced nutrition for children aged 6-23 should be taught to all mothers.