Background: Overweight and obesity in children is associated with an increased risk of noncommunicable diseases. Parental knowledge and awareness is crucial for successful weight management of affected children. Objective: This study aimed to compare knowledge and awareness of childhood obesity between parents of overweight children attending a weight management clinic and those who had never attended one. Methodology: A comparative cross-sectional study among 100 parents of obese or overweight children (≥6 years) included using convenience sampling method. Fifty were clinic attendees and fifty controls. Data were collected via a pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire and analysed using SPSS 22 with p