Background: Owing to stress of external appearance and bad sleeping by itching, children with atopic dermatitis grow slowly. Object: The purpose of this study is estimation of growth degree on children with atopic dermatitis Method: During I year from 2001 till 2002, it became the object of studing that 45 children with atopic dermatitis and random sample 45 children without atopic dermatitis, without another disease related to growth from 2 years to 10 years in Dep. of Pediatrics, Dongguk university Bundang Oriental Hospital. Result: Height percent of children with atopic dermatitis is more lower than Height percent of children without atopic dermatitis out of considering for the distinction of sex and age. The more atopic dermatitis is severe, the more height percent of children with atopic dermatitis is lower Conclusion: Atopic dermatitis is related to the growth on children