TABLE 2.
Maternal and Infant Characteristics Associated With Mothers’ Restricting Their Children’s Food Intake at 1 Year Postpartum, Among 1160 Mother–Infant Pairs Who Participated in Project Viva
| Variable | “I Have to Be Careful Not to Feed My Child too Much”
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|---|---|---|---|
| Agree (N = 149) | Disagree (N = 1011) | P | |
| Duration of breastfeeding in each category, mo, mean (SD) | 4.3 (4.1) | 6.6 (4.5) | <.0001 |
| Maternal age, y, mean (SD) | 31.0 (5.7) | 32.6 (4.7) | .001 |
| Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 25.9 (6.1) | 24.3 (4.7) | .002 |
| Infant’s birth weight, g, mean (SD) | 3555 (535) | 3535 (508) | .66 |
| Weight-for-length percentile at 6 mo, percentile, mean (SD) | 73.3 (25.7) | 70.0 (25.2) | .21 |
| Infant feeding type at 6 mo, n (%) | < .0001 | ||
| Fed only formula since birth | 19 (17) | 92 (83) | |
| Weaned | 74 (16) | 374 (84) | |
| Mixed feeding | 30 (11) | 248 (89) | |
| Fed only breast milk since birth | 13 (5) | 250 (95) | |
| Household income, n (%) | < .0001 | ||
| Don’t know | 8 (35) | 15 (65) | |
| <$20 000 | 10 (45) | 12 (55) | |
| $20 001–$40 000 | 24 (25) | 72 (75) | |
| $40 001–$70 000 | 35 (15) | 199 (85) | |
| >$70 000 | 63 (9) | 676 (91) | |
| Education, n (%) | < .0001 | ||
| High school diploma or less | 23 (29) | 57 (71) | |
| Some college | 46 (20) | 187 (80) | |
| College graduate | 48 (11) | 386 (89) | |
| Graduate degree | 32 (8) | 381 (92) | |
| Gravidity, n (%) | .04 | ||
| Primigravida | 37 (10) | 337 (90) | |
| Multigravida | 112 (14) | 674 (86) | |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | < .0001 | ||
| White | 79 (9) | 798 (91) | |
| Black | 37 (29) | 90 (71) | |
| Hispanic | 15 (23) | 50 (77) | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 12 (24) | 38 (76) | |
| Other | 6 (15) | 35 (85) | |