Abstract
The study examined the influence of mothers' nutritional knowledge on child feeding practices in Sokoto Metropolis, Nigeria. A descriptive crosssectional survey design was adopted. The population comprised 42,824 mothers with children aged 0–5 years, from which 381 respondents were selected using a multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using a validated researcher-developed questionnaire with a test–retest reliability coefficient of 0.70. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation tested the hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that mothers had high nutritional knowledge (Grand Mean = 3.46, SD = 0.66) and high child feeding practices (Grand Mean = 3.30, SD = 0.70). A moderate positive and statistically significant relationship was found between mothers' nutritional knowledge and child feeding practices (r = 0.428, p < 0.05), indicating that improved nutritional knowledge is associated with better feeding practices. The study concluded that although mothers possess adequate nutritional knowledge, improving child feeding practices requires complementary socioeconomic and health interventions. It recommends strengthening community nutrition education, promoting dietary diversity, and integrating nutrition education with food security and poverty reduction programmes to improve child nutrition outcomes.