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Abstract – Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem that is prevalent in the world. In 2016 there were 154.800.000 children under five experiencing stunting. In Bali, the highest incidence of stunting was in Bangli regency, which was 28.6% and in 2017 it reached 28.4%. One effort in the nutrition improvement program to reduce stunting is to improve the quality of food consumption through the nutrition awareness program. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between behaviors of conscious nutritional families (kadarzi) with the incidence of stunting in Songan A village. This study employed cross-sectional design. There were 112 respondents recruited as the sample of this study which were selected through stratified sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaire and microtoice. The data were statistically analyzed by using chi square. The result of this study showed that there were 51 respondent (45.5%) had moderate behaviors of conscious nutritional families (kadarzi), and 12 respondents (10.7) were experienced incident of stunting in children under five were. Based on the chi square analysis, the finding showed that there was a significant correlation between behaviors of conscious nutritional families (kadarzi) with the incidence of stunting in Songan A village (p = 0.002; r = 0.000). The result of this study indicate that the behaviors of conscious nutritional families could decrease the risk of children under five experiencing stunting. Family are expected to increase behaviors of conscious nutritional families because balanced nutrition is needed in the process of child development.