TABLE 1.

Subject Characteristics

Characteristic	Group GB	Group GB-P
Infants
Age, mean ± SEM, mo	5.6 ± 0.2	5.9 ± 0.2
Gender, female/male	6/10	15/14
Infants’ feeding history
Breastfed, never formula fed, n	7	13
Formula fed, never breastfed, n	9	12
Both breastfed and formula fed, n	0	4
Age at cereal introduction, mean ± SEM, mo	3.9 ± 0.3	4.2 ± 0.2
Mothers
Age, mean ± SEM, y	32.2 ± 1.4	31.6 ± 0.9
BMI, mean ± SEM, kg/m2	30.2 ± 2.4	27.1 ± 1.0
Multiparous, n	12	23
Years of schooling, mean ± SEM	14.7 ± 0.5	14.8 ± 0.4
Food neophobia score (range: 10–70), mean ± SEM	30.6 ± 3.6	36.3 ± 2.6
General neophobia score (range: 8–56), mean ± SEM	24.4 ± 2.1	24.2 ± 1.8
Mother/infant pairs, n	16	29